Researchers Leonid A. Gavrilov and Natalia S. Gavrilova of the National Opinion Research Center (NORC) at the University of
Chicago found that a computation error was to blame for the U.S. Census Bureau's incorrect prediction six years ago that "that there would be 114,000 centenarians in the country by 2010 when the actual number turned out to be half that at 53,364." The researchers' work "contradict[s] a long-held belief that the mortality rate of Americans flattens out after age 80."
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Greetings,
ReplyDeleteYou can meet the authors of this study, listen their lecture, ask your own questions and participate in discussions this Tuesday, March 13, in Chicago.
http://longevity-science.blogspot.com/2012/03/longevity-meeting-in-chicago-march-13.html
Shorter weblink:
http://tinyurl.com/Longevity-Lecture
What: Lecture by Gavrilov & Gavrilova "Mortality at Advanced Ages" (session A4) with subsequent Discussion
When: Tuesday, March 13, 2012, 1:45 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
Where: Chicago, Illinois (Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, 300 East Randolph Street), room Train 3
Logistic details:
http://www.chicagoactuarialassociation.org/future_events.html
and
http://www.chicagoactuarialassociation.org/2012_03_v3.pdf
For those who are interested, the meeting will be followed by informal discussion, which will become increasingly informal by 5:15 p.m. (cocktail reception) and even more so later by 5:45 p.m. (dinner).
Hope to see you at this meeting!
If you can not come to Chicago at this time, and would like to have a similar event at your organization, feel free to contact the authors at:
gavrilov@longevity-science.org