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Biodemography of human ageing.

Nature ·Vol. 464 ·No. 7288 ·2010-03-25 ·Pages 536-42

Vaupel JW

Abstract

Human senescence has been delayed by a decade. This finding, documented in 1994 and bolstered since, is a fundamental discovery about the biology of human ageing, and one with profound implications for individuals, society and the economy. Remarkably, the rate of deterioration with age seems to be constant across individuals and over time: it seems that death is being delayed because people are reaching old age in better health. Research by demographers, epidemiologists and other biomedical researchers suggests that further progress is likely to be made in advancing the frontier of survival - and healthy survival - to even greater ages.

MeSH Terms
Aging Demography Humans Longevity/physiology Mortality/trends Population Dynamics
Authors & Affiliations
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Vaupel James W
Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Konrad-Zuse-Strasse 1, D-18057 Rostock, Germany. [email protected]
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Article Info
Journal
Nature
Abbr.
Nature
ISSN
1476-4687
DOI
10.1038/nature08984
Email
[email protected]
Published
2010-03-25
Pages
536-42
Language
English
Region
England
NLM ID
0410462
PMCID
PMC4010874
Subset
IM
Grants
NIA NIH HHS · P01 AG008761 · United States
PHS HHS · P01-08761 · United States
Corrections
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PMID: 29255884
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