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Response to Comment on “The plateau of human mortality: Demography of longevity pioneers”

Year: 2018

Type: article

Abstract: based their comment on misleading calculations of the maximum survival age. With realistic numbers of people attaining age 105 and the estimated plateau, the Jeanne Calment record is indeed plausible.

Source: Science

DOI: 10.1126/science.aav3229

Authors: Elisabetta Barbi, Francesco Lagona, Marco Marsili, James W. Vaupel, Kenneth W. Wachter

Institutions: Sapienza University of Rome, Roma Tre University, Istituto Nazionale di Statistica, Duke University, University of Southern Denmark, University of California, Berkeley

Language: English

Topic: Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management

Subfield: Demography

Field: Social Sciences

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Good health and well-being

Open Access status: green

OpenAlex ID: W2896319819

FWCI: 1.176

Cites: 4

Cited by: 5

Related to: 10