[WATCH]: SENS5 Lecture - The future of human lifespans, a demographic perspective

© SENS Foundation 2011 - www.sens.org The Fifth SENS conference - Caleb Finch Authors CE Finch University of Southern California The future of human life spans, a demographic perspective Caleb E Finch,Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California, Los Angeles CA 90089-0191 Since the 18th C, human life spans have increased globally from a life expectancy at birth (LE0) of 25-40y, to over 80y in healthy countries; the LE70 has also more than doubled (1-3). In essence the J-shaped mortality curve has shifted to progressively lower levels with minor changes in the accelerating (Gompertz) phase of mortality during aging (1,3). The basic contours of the J-shaped mortality curve have remained during these remarkable

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