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Additional Reading
Information on life expectancy and life tables is presented in Jacob S. Siegel and David A. Swanson (eds.), The Methods and Materials of Demography, 2nd ed. (2004). Social, health, and economic aspects of life expectancy are discussed in Pietro Garibaldi, Joaquim Oliveira Martins, and Jan van Ours (eds.), Ageing, Health, and Productivity: The Economics of Increased Life Expectancy (2010); and Gabriele Doblhammer, The Late Life Legacy of Very Early Life (2004).
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| Modified link of Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Causes of Death, Health Indicators, and Divergence in Life Expectancy. | Nov 01, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: Interesting Facts - 6 Facts About People Who Live to Be 100. | Aug 07, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: ABC listen - Health Report - Life expectancy in men and women. | Jan 02, 2026 | ||
| Add new Web site: PNAS - Dynamics of life expectancy and life span equality. | Nov 07, 2025 | ||
| Updated with more recent life expectancy data. | Jan 02, 2025 | ||
| Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - Causes of Death, Health Indicators, and Divergence in Life Expectancy. | Dec 07, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: CORE - Longevity and Life Expectancy. | Oct 11, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Life Expectancy (PDF). | Mar 05, 2024 | ||
| Add new Web site: Cleveland Clinic - Life expectancy determination. | Aug 10, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Investopedia - Life Expectancy. | Jan 16, 2023 | ||
| Add new Web site: Social Science LibreTexts - Life Expectancy. | Oct 04, 2022 | ||
| Corrected display issue. | Feb 05, 2020 | ||
| Add new Web site: Ancient Origins - The life expectancy myth, and why many ancient humans lived long healthy lives. | Apr 20, 2018 | ||
| Add new Web site: Academia - Life Expectancy (PDF). | Mar 16, 2016 | ||
| New bibliography added. | Dec 16, 2013 | ||
| New article added. | Dec 16, 2013 |
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