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 …

This article reviews some key strands of demographic research on past trends in human
longevity and explores possible future trends in life expectancy at birth. Demographic data …

Age-related change in human haematopoiesis causes reduced regenerative capacity,
cytopenias, immune dysfunction and increased risk of blood cancer,–, but the reason for …

The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic triggered global declines in life expectancy.
The United States was hit particularly hard among high-income countries. Early data from …

To put estimates of COVID-19 mortality into perspective, we estimate age-specific mortality
for an epidemic claiming for illustrative purposes 1 million US lives, with results …

As people live longer, ages at death are becoming more similar. This dual advance over the
last two centuries, a central aim of public health policies, is a major achievement of modern …

Background Deaths directly linked to COVID-19 infection may be misclassified, and the
pandemic may have indirectly affected other causes of death. To overcome these …

The educational gradient in life expectancy is well documented in the United States and in
other low-mortality countries. Highly educated Americans, on average, live longer than their …

Inequality in length of life is the most fundamental of all inequalities; every other type of
inequality is conditional upon being alive. As has long been recognized in studies of …

This paper presents a set of indicators to assess health care system performance. It also
presents new comparative data on health care policies and institutions for OECD countries …