MONOGRAPHS ON POPULATION AGING

General Editors

Bernard Jeune and James W. Vaupel

Vol. 1

Development of Oldest-Old Mortality, 1950-1990

Väinö Kannisto

Vol. 2

Exceptional Longevity: From Prehistory to the Present

Bernard Jeune and James W. Vaupel (Eds.)

Vol. 3

The Advancing Frontier of Survival:

Life Tables for Old Age

Väinö Kannisto

Vol. 4

Population Data at a Glance:

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

and Anatoli I. Yashin

Aging Research Unit

Centre for Health & Social Policy

Odense University Medical School

Updated by V. Castanova, 1 November 1999