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Session 45:
Longevity

Friday, July 11
9:30 AM - 11:00 AM
Medes
Chair: James W. Vaupel, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

1.  Mortality and longevity projections for the oldest-old in Portugal  •  Jorge Bravo, University of Evora; Edviges Coelho, Statistics Portugal; Maria Magalhaes, Statistics Portugal

2.  The positive effect on longevity for elderly living in mountain and hill areas  •  Graziella Caselli, Università di Roma "La Sapienza"; Rosa Maria Lipsi, Università di Roma "La Sapienza"

3.  Emergency of centenarians and supercentenarians in Southern Europe: verification and trends of extreme longevity in Spain  •  Rosa Gomez-Redondo, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED); Juan M. Garcia Gonzalez, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)

4.  Deceleration in age-related mortality increase: an analysis by cause of death for the United States and an international comparison for the oldest-old  •  Roland Rau, University of Rostock

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