Studies on Intergenerational Correlation of Longevity

Greetings,

We have got a question from our scientific colleague about correlation between parents age at death and child’s age at death.  We responded, but then we understood that our answer could be of interest to other people too.

Here are some publications on this topic, which also contain reviews of other related studies.   You can get full texts of these articles just by clicking on the titles below:

Gavrilova N.S., Gavrilov L.A. Genetic Influences in Later Life. In: D. Carr (Editor), Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development, Macmillan Reference USA, 2009, vol.3, pp.165-170.

Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S., Olshansky S.J., Carnes B.A. Genealogical data and biodemography of human longevity. Social Biology, 2002, 49(3-4): 160-173.

Gavrilova, N.S., Gavrilov, L.A. When does human longevity start?: Demarcation of the boundaries for human longevity. Journal of Anti-Aging Medicine, 2001, 4(2): 115-124.

Gavrilov, L.A., Gavrilova, N.S. Biodemographic study of familial determinants of human longevity. Population: An English Selection, 2001, 13(1): 197-222.

Gavrilova, N.S., Gavrilov, L.A., Evdokushkina G.N., Semyonova, V.G., Gavrilova, A.L., Evdokushkina, N.N., Kushnareva, Yu.E., Kroutko, V.N., Andreyev, A.Yu. Evolution, mutations and human longevity. Human Biology, 1998, 70(4): 799-804.

Hope this helps.

Invited Lectures in Spain, July 1 and later

Greetings,

We have just got an invitation from the University of Barcelona (Spain) to give lectures about our aging and longevity studies on Monday, July 1.

We would be delighted to use this opportunity to give seminars in other Spanish organizations too, just after our July 1 lectures.

The topics of our prior invited lectures, made in 19 countries of the world are listed here:

http://longevity-science.org/invited_talks.html

Feel free to share this information with your friends and colleagues, who may be interested.

Kind regards,

-- Leonid  and  Natalia

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-- Leonid Gavrilov, Ph.D., GSA Fellow
-- Natalia Gavrilova, Ph.D., GSA Fellow
Center on Aging, NORC at the University of Chicago
Website: http://longevity-science.org/
Blog: http://longevity-science.blogspot.com/

P..S:  Here is a brief description of our invited lectures in Barcelona:

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Course Title:  
New Approaches to Study Mortality and Longevity Risks

Lecturers:
Leonid Gavrilov, Ph.D.
http://longevity-science.org/CV-gavrilov.htm
Natalia Gavrilova, Ph.D.
http://longevity-science.org/CV-gavrilova.htm
Center on the Demography and Economics of Aging (CoA)
NORC at the University of Chicago, Chicago, USA

Brief Course Description:
This 3-hour course will overview new approaches and findings related to mortality and longevity risks, both on population level (mortality hazard rates above age 85) and individual level (predictors of exceptional longevity). Finally new initiatives of the US National Institute of Aging (NIA) on biomarkers of health risks at older ages will be discussed.


Course Materials
(available for downloading at links provided below)

1. Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S. Determinants of Exceptional Longevity: Early-Life Conditions, Mid-Life Environment and Parental Characteristics. Full Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America (New Orleans, April 12, 2013, oral presentation). 51 pages, 2013. Published online by the Population Association of America (PAA) at: http://paa2013.princeton.edu/papers/130125

2. Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S. Biodemography of exceptional longevity: Early-life and mid-life predictors of human longevity. Biodemography and Social Biology, 2012, 58(1):14-39. Available online at:
http://longevity-science.org/pdf/Gavrilov-Biodemography-2012.pdf and http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/19485565.2012.66612

3. Gavrilov L.A.,  Gavrilova N.S.  Season of Birth and Exceptional Longevity: Comparative Study of American Centenarians, Their Siblings, and Spouses. Journal of Aging Research, 2011, Article ID 104616, 11 pages, Available online at:  http://longevity-science.org/pdf/Gavrilov-JAR-2011.pdf and  http://downloads.hindawi.com/journals/jar/2011/104616.pdf

4. Gavrilov L.A., Gavrilova N.S. Mortality measurement at advanced ages: A study of the Social Security Administration Death Master File. North American Actuarial Journal, 2011, 15(3): 432-447. Available online at:
http://longevity-science.org/pdf/Mortality-NAAJ-2011.pdf and  http://www.soa.org/Library/Journals/NAAJ/2011/september/naaj-2011-vol15-no3-gavrilov.aspx

5. Gavrilova N.S., Gavrilov L.A. Ageing and Longevity: Mortality Laws and Mortality Forecasts for Ageing Populations.  Demografie, 2011, 53(2): 109-128. Available online at: http://longevity-science.org/pdf/Demografie-English-2011.pdf



 Supplemental Materials
(media coverage teasers)

1. Death Gets in the Way of Old-Age Gains. Wall Street Journal, March 2, 2012. Available online at: http://longevity-science.org/media/WSJ-2012.pdf and  http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203753704577257292958403150.html

2. An Age-Old Debate. Wall Street Journal Blog, March 2, 2012. Available online at: http://longevity-science.org/media/WSJ-Blog-2012.pdf and  http://blogs.wsj.com/numbersguy/an-age-old-debate-1122/

3. Born in the Fall? You May See 100. The NIH Record (National Institutes of Health newsletter), vol. LXIV, no. 22, page 5, October 26, 2012. Available online at: http://longevity-science.org/media/NIH_Record-2012.pdf and http://nihrecord.od.nih.gov/newsletters/2012/10_26_2012/story7.htm

4. Think You'll Live Long? Think Again. Discovery News, February 17, 2012. Available online at: http://longevity-science.org/media/DiscoveryNews-2012.pdf and http://news.discovery.com/human/life/mortality-rate-121702.htm

5. Here’s More Bad News About Death. The Chronicle of Higher Education Blog, February 9, 2012. Available online at: http://longevity-science.org/media/The-Chronicle-of-Higher-Education-2012.pdf and http://chronicle.com/blogs/percolator/heres-more-bad-news-about-death/28562

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Scientific Meeting in Austin, Texas, May 27-29

Greetings,

We are pleased to alert you about upcoming scientific REVES meeting in Austin, Texas on 27-29 May 2013:

http://blogs.utexas.edu/reves2013/files/2013/05/2013-REVES-Full-Program-Complete.pdf

 We will give the following two presentations there:

1. Biodemographic Study of Mortality Trajectories at Advanced Old Ages
    Session 2: Biodemography, Survival, and Frailty among the Oldest-Old
   (10:45am on Monday, May 27, Room 204, 1900 University Avenue, Austin)
    15 min

2. Predictors of Exceptional Longevity:
    Effects of early-life childhood conditions, mid-life environment and parental characteristics
    Session  4: Early Life Conditions and Health Outcomes in Mid to Late-Life
    (2:45pm on Monday, May 27, Room 204, 1900 University Avenue, Austin)
    25 min

Conference Location: 
AT&T Executive Education and Conference Center
1900 University Avenue, Austin, Texas 78705
 Room 204

Hope to see you there!

Kind regards,

-- Leonid  and  Natalia

-----------------------------------
-- Leonid Gavrilov, Ph.D., GSA Fellow
-- Natalia Gavrilova, Ph.D., GSA Fellow
Center on Aging, NORC at the University of Chicago
Website: http://longevity-science.org/
Blog: http://longevity-science.blogspot.com/

Scientific Meeting in Spain, June 25-28

Greetings,

We are pleased to alert you about upcoming scientific meeting in Spain  on 25-28 June 2013:

http://www.asmda.es/demographics2013workshop.html

 We are invited to give the following three presentations there:

1. Biodemography of mortality and longevity

2. New approaches to study historical evolution of mortality (with implications for forecasting)

3. Mortality measurement and modelling at advanced ages

We would be delighted to use this opportunity to give seminars in other Spanish organizations too, just before or after the conference.

The topics of our prior invited lectures, made in 19 countries of the world are listed here:

http://longevity-science.org/invited_talks.html

Feel free to share this information with your friends and colleagues, who may be interested.

Kind regards,

-- Leonid  and  Natalia

-----------------------------------
-- Leonid Gavrilov, Ph.D., GSA Fellow
-- Natalia Gavrilova, Ph.D., GSA Fellow
Center on Aging, NORC at the University of Chicago
Website: http://longevity-science.org/
Blog: http://longevity-science.blogspot.com/