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Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2013

Special Issue: Determinants of unusual and differential longevity

Guest editors: Marc Luy, Graziella Caselli, William P. Butz

The Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2013 examines the determinants of exceptional human longevity, integrating perspectives from genetics, socio-environmental influences and lifestyle. It examines statistical methods, "longevity hotspots" such as Sardinia and Okinawa, and unique groups such as centenarians and academics. Contributions cover modal age at death, familial factors such as fertility and parental life expectancy, and specific risk groups, including long-lived smokers. By advancing the understanding of longevity patterns, the special issue provides new insights into the complex interplay of biological, social, and environmental factors shaping human lifespan.
Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2013

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ISBN-13978-3-7001-7625-1
ISBN-13 Online978-3-7001-7645-9
Subject AreaSociology and Economics
Quality reviewrefereed - online - print
doi10.1553/populationyearbook2013

Introduction

Graziella Caselli, Marc Luy

Determinants of unusual and differential longevity: an introduction

page 1

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2013s1

Research Articles

Elizabeth Wrigley-Field

Mortality deceleration is not informative of unobserved heterogeneity in open groups

page 15

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2013s15

Shiro Horiuchi, Nadine Ouellette, Siu Lan Karen Cheung, Jean-Marie Robine

Modal age at death: lifespan indicator in the era of longevity extension

page 37

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2013s37

Jon Anson

Surviving to be the oldest old—destiny or chance?

page 71

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2013s71

Michel Poulain, Anne Herm, Gianni Pes

The Blue Zones: areas of exceptional longevity around the world

page 87

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2013s87

Luis Rosero-Bixby, William H. Dow, David H. Rehkopf

The Nicoya region of Costa Rica: a high longevity island for elderly males

page 109

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2013s109

Sebastian Klüsener, Rembrandt D. Scholz

Regional hot spots of exceptional longevity in Germany

page 137

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2013s137

Richard G. Rogers, Patrick M. Krueger, Richard Miech, Elizabeth M. Lawrence

Lifetime abstainers and mortality risk in the United States

page 165

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2013s165

Maria Winkler-Dworak, Heiner Kaden

The longevity of academicians: evidence from the Saxonian Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig

page 185

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2013s185

Morgan E. Levine, Eileen M. Crimmins

Evidence of resiliency among long-lived smokers

page 205

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2013s205

Ethan J. Sharygin, Michel Guillot

Ethnicity, russification and excess mortality in Kazakhstan

page 219

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2013s219

Graziella Caselli, Rosa Maria Lipsi, Enrica Lapucci, James W. Vaupel

Exploring Sardinian longevity: women fertility and parental transmission of longevity

page 247

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2013s247

Valérie Jarry, Alain Gagnon, Robert Bourbeau

Maternal age, birth order and other early-life factors: a family-level approach to exploring exceptional survival

page 267

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2013s267

Leonid A. Gavrilov, Natalia S. Gavrilova

Determinants of exceptional human longevity: new ideas and findings

page 295

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2013s295

Luisa Salaris, Nicola Tedesco, Michel Poulain

Familial transmission of human longevity: a population-based study in an inland village of Sardinia (Italy), 1850–2010

page 325

doi: 10.1553/populationyearbook2013s325