Regularities in human mortality after age 105.

Empirical research on human mortality and extreme longevity suggests that the risk of death among the oldest-old ceases to increase and levels off at age 110. The universality of this finding remains in dispute because of two main reasons: i) high uncertainty around statistical estimates generated f...

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Main Authors: Jesús-Adrián Alvarez, Francisco Villavicencio, Cosmo Strozza, Carlo Giovanni Camarda
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2021-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0253940