Supercentenarians

Front Matter....Pages I-XV
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
On the age validation of supercentenarians....Pages 3-30
The International Database on Longevity: Structure and contents....Pages 31-40
Front Matter....Pages 42-42
Supercentenarians in the United States....Pages 43-58
The emergence of supercentenarians in Canada....Pages 59-74
Supercentenarians in Japan....Pages 75-99
Being very old in a young country: Centenarians and supercentenarians in Australia....Pages 101-117
Supercentenarians in France....Pages 119-136
Italian supercentenarians: Age validation of deaths from 1969 to 2000....Pages 137-150
Emergence and verification of supercentenarians in Spain....Pages 151-171
Age validation of persons aged 105 and above in Germany....Pages 173-189
The growth of high ages in England and Wales, 1635-2106....Pages 191-201
Supercentenarians in the Nordic Countries....Pages 203-216
Front Matter....Pages 218-218
Human mortality beyond age 110....Pages 219-230
Is it possible to measure life expectancy at 110 in France?....Pages 231-245
Age 115 or more in the United States: Fact or fiction?....Pages 247-284
Jeanne Calment and her successors. Biographical notes on the longest living humans....Pages 285-323