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	Office of Population Studies, United Nations - http://www.un.org/esa/population/unpop.htm Link to documents describing impact of longevity trends on world population.
	US Life Expectancy Improves - http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2001pres/20011010.html 2001 press release from US Dept of Health and Human Services describing recent findings.
	senescence.info - http://www.senescence.info Informational website on Gerontology and Aging Research
	Unraveling the Secrets of Human Longevity - http://longevity-science.org/ Scientific and Educational Website on Human Longevity Studies
	UK Government publications regarding life expectancy - http://www.statistics.gov.uk/CCI/nscl.asp?ID=7528 Topics of interest include Excel spreadsheets for life expectancy calculation as well as population statistics.

	Calculation of Life Expectancy - http://mathworld.wolfram.com/LifeExpectancy.html Concise explanation of the mathematics of life expectancy calculation with links to related concepts.
	Roman Life Expectancy - http://www.utexas.edu/depts/classics/documents/Life.html Roman Life Expectancy: calculations and caveats about accuracy.
	Innovita Research Institute - http://www.innovitaresearch.org/ Research on aging, molecular concepts of aging, cloning and age-related diseases such as Alzheimers, Werner syndrome, and Parkinsons.
	Death: An Inquiry into Man's Mortal Weakness - http://library.thinkquest.org/16665/expectancy.htm The life expectancy page within a much larger effort to put mortality into perspective.
	Premature Death in the New Independent States - http://www.nap.edu/books/0309057345/html/156.html Causes of increased deaths in former states of the USSR. Book chapter viewable online at National Academy Press site.

	Between Zeus and the Salmon - http://www.nap.edu/books/0309057876/html/index.html Online version of multi-author book describing biology and demography of longevity. Book can be ordered from National Academy Press.
	What Kills Us? Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow - http://www.pitt.edu/~super1/lecture/beh0051/ Discussion of the causes of changes in life expectancy over the last 150 years.
	Healthy Life Expectancy - http://www3.who.int/whosis/hale/hale.cfm?path=whosis,hale&language=english Offers an international comparison of disability adjusted life expectancies.
	Review of The Quest for Immortality: Science at the Frontiers of Aging - http://content.nejm.org/cgi/content/full/344/12/941 Generally favorable review of a book by Olshansky and Carnes that argues that large increases in life expectancy are unlikely in near future without fundamental advances in the science of aging. (Requires registration, but is reprinted in entirety on Amazon.)

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