The past century was a period of increasing life expectancy throughout the age range. This
resulted in more people living to old age and to spending more years at the older ages. It is …

Sex differences in longevity can provide insights into novel mechanisms of aging, yet they
have been little studied. Surprisingly, sex-specific longevity patterns are best known in wild …

Background Social inequalities in mortality persist in high-income countries with universal
health care, and the mechanisms by which these inequalities are generated remain unclear …

Ageing is a dynamic process, and trends in the health status of older adults aged at least 60
years vary over time because of several factors. We examined reported trends in morbidity …

More than 20 years ago, Wood et al.(Curr Anthropol 33: 343–370, 1992) published “The
Osteological Paradox: Problems of Inferring Prehistoric Health from Skeletal Samples,” in …

Using the 1980 to 2002 General Social Survey, a repeated cross-sectional study that has
been linked to the National Death Index through 2008, this study examines the changing …

If the pace of increase in life expectancy in developed countries over the past two centuries
continues through the 21st century, most babies born since 2000 in France, Germany, Italy …

Life expectancy has gradually grown over the last century. This has deeply affected
healthcare costs, since the growth of an aging population is correlated to the increasing …

Objective. This paper reviews trends in mortality and morbidity to evaluate whether there has
been a compression of morbidity. Methods. Review of recent research and analysis of recent …

Objectives To determine the effect of chronic disorders and their co‐occurrence on survival
and functioning in community‐dwelling older adults. Design Population‐based cohort study …