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Between Zeus and the Salmon - http://www.nap.edu/books/0309057876/html/index.html
Online version of multi-author book describing biology and demography of longevity. Book can be ordered from National Academy Press.

Calculation of Life Expectancy - http://mathworld.wolfram.com/LifeExpectancy.html
Concise explanation of the mathematics of life expectancy calculation with links to related concepts.

Death: An Inquiry into Man's Mortal Weakness - http://library.thinkquest.org/16665/expectancy.htm
The life expectancy page within a much larger effort to put mortality into perspective.

Healthy Life Expectancy - http://www3.who.int/whosis/hale/hale.cfm?path=whosis,hale&language=english
Offers an international comparison of disability adjusted life expectancies.

Innovita Research Institute - http://www.innovitaresearch.org/
Research on aging, molecular concepts of aging, cloning and age-related diseases such as Alzheimers, Werner syndrome, and Parkinsons.

Office of Population Studies, United Nations - http://www.un.org/esa/population/unpop.htm
Link to documents describing impact of longevity trends on world population.

Premature Death in the New Independent States - http://www.nap.edu/books/0309057345/html/156.html
Causes of increased deaths in former states of the USSR. Book chapter viewable online at National Academy Press site.

Review of The Quest for Immortality: Science at the Frontiers of Aging - http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/344/12/941
Generally favorable review of a book by Olshansky and Carnes that argues that large increases in life expectancy are unlikely in near future without fundamental advances in the science of aging. (Requires registration, but is reprinted in entirety on Amazon.)

Roman Life Expectancy - http://www.utexas.edu/depts/classics/documents/Life.html
Roman Life Expectancy: calculations and caveats about accuracy.

senescence.info - http://www.senescence.info
Informational website on Gerontology and Aging Research

UK Government publications regarding life expectancy - http://www.statistics.gov.uk/CCI/nscl.asp?ID=7528
Topics of interest include Excel spreadsheets for life expectancy calculation as well as population statistics.

Unraveling the Secrets of Human Longevity - http://longevity-science.org/
Scientific and Educational Website on Human Longevity Studies

US Life Expectancy Improves - http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2001pres/20011010.html
2001 press release from US Dept of Health and Human Services describing recent findings.

What Kills Us? Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow - http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/beh0051/
Discussion of the causes of changes in life expectancy over the last 150 years.

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