MONOGRAPHS ON POPULATION AGING

General Editors

Bernard Jeune and James W. Vaupel

Vol. 1

Development of Oldest-Old Mortality, 1950-1990:

Evidence from 28 Developed Countries

Väinö Kannisto

Vol. 2

Exceptional Longevity:

From Prehistory to the Present

Bernard Jeune and James W. Vaupel (editors)

Vol. 3

The Advancing Frontier of Survival:

Life Tables for Old Age

Väinö Kannisto

Vol. 4

Population Data at a Glance:

Shaded Contour Maps of Demographic Surfaces over Age and Time

James W. Vaupel, Wang Zhenglian, Kirill F. Andreev,

and Anatoli I. Yashin

Vol. 5

The Force of Mortality at Ages 80 to 120

A. R. Thatcher, V. Kannisto, and J.W. Vaupel

Aging Research Unit

Centre for Health and Social Policy

Odense University Medical School

Updated by V. Castanova, 1 March 1999