Dear Friends and Colleagues,
We are pleased to share with you the list of media coverage for our new actuarial study, organized in alphabetic order:
Americans' lifespan shorter than previously thought, study finds McKnight's Long Term Care News
http://www.mcknights.com/americans-lifespan-shorter-than-previously-thought-study-finds/article/226497/An Age-Old DebateWall Street Journal (blog)
http://blogs.wsj.com/numbersguy/an-age-old-debate-1122/
Chances of a Prolonged Life Bleaker Than Previously PredictedMedIndia
http://www.medindia.net/news/chances-of-a-prolonged-life-bleaker-than-previously-predicted-97234-1.htmDeath Gets in the Way of Old-Age Gains Wall Street Journal - Mar 2, 2012
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203753704577257292958403150.html
Living to age 100 may not be as easy as once believed Chicago Sun-Times
http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/health/10765999-423/living-to-age-100-may-not-be-as-easy-as-once-believed.htmlLiving to 100 May Be Tougher Than You ThinkABC7Chicago.com
http://abclocal.go.com/wls/story?section=news/health&id=8548530
Everyday Health
http://www.everydayhealth.com/senior-health/0217/living-to-100-may-be-tougher-than-you-think.aspxDoctors Lounge
http://www.doctorslounge.com/index.php/news/hd/26841HealthDay
http://consumer.healthday.com/Article.asp?AID=661842MedlinePlus
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/news/fullstory_122061.html
MSN Health & Fitness
http://health.msn.com/health-topics/aging/articlepage.aspx?cp-documentid=100286786Tempo
www.tempo.com.ph/2012/living-to-100-may-be-tougher-than-you-think/
U.S. News & World Report
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2012/02/17/living-to-100-may-be-tougher-than-you-thinkU.S. News & World Report (print)
http://health.usnews.com/health-news/news/articles/2012/02/17/living-to-100-may-be-tougher-than-you-think_print.html
Womens Health.gov
http://womenshealth.gov/news/headlines/661842.cfm
Medical: Predicting number of very old is confounding ABC Action News
http://www.abcactionnews.com/dpp/lifestyle/wellness/medical-predicting-number-of-very-old-is-confoundingScripps Howard News Service
http://www.scrippsnews.com/content/medical-predicting-number-very-old-confoundingThe Republic
http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/medical-veryold031412/medical-veryold031412/
Mortality rate after age 80 underestimated Dalje.com http://dalje.com/en-lifestyle/mortality-rate-after-age-80-underestimated/414947Individual.com
http://www.individual.com/storyrss.php?story=151470701&hash=db7933453b1c817a5243614c6303a263 Investors Business Daily
http://news.investors.com/Newsfeed/Article/140993726/201202062157/Mortality-rate-after-age-80-underestimated.aspxOutcome Magazine http://outcomemag.com/health/2012/02/06/mortality-rate-after-age-80-underestimated/
UPI.com http://www.upi.com/Health_News/2012/02/06/Mortality-rate-after-age-80-underestimated/UPI-81071328575143/
Mortality Rates Are UnderestimatedEnvironmental News Network (ENN)
http://www.enn.com/top_stories/article/44016MSNBC News
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46426515
New Study Finds Odds of Living Very Long Life Lower Than Formerly PredictedABC News http://www.abcnews4.com/story/16687029/odds-of-living-very-long-life-lower-than-formerly-predicted
Scribillare http://www.scribillare.com/new-study-finds-odds-of-living-very-long-life-lower-than-formerly-predicted/
Odds of Living a Very Long Life Lower than Formerly Predicted
Dallas Morning News - Mediawebsite.net http://www.mediawebsite.net/danews/story/?catSetID=7007&catID=290897&nrid=138795374&page=1
DigitalJournal.com (press release) http://www.digitaljournal.com/pr/574946 EurekAlert (press release) http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2012-02/uoc-ool020612.phpHealthCanal.com http://www.healthcanal.com/geriatrics-aging/26287-Odds-living-very-long-life-lower-than-formerly-predicted.htmlMarketWatch (press release) http://www.marketwatch.com/story/odds-of-living-very-long-life-lower-than-formerly-predicted-2012-02-06Medical News Today
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/releases/241293.phpMediLexicon
http://www.medilexicon.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=241293MD News (press release)
http://www.mdnews.com/news/2012_02/odds-of-living-very-long-life Newswise (press release) http://www.newswise.com/articles/odds-of-living-a-very-long-life-lower-than-formerly-predictedPharmacy Choice
http://www.pharmacychoice.com/News/article.cfm?Article_ID=839268
PhysOrg
http://www.physorg.com/news/2012-02-odds-life.htmlPR Newswire (press release) http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/odds-of-living-very-long-life-lower-than-formerly-predicted-138795374.htmlPR-USA.net
http://pr-usa.net/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1068063&Itemid=30Sacramento Bee http://www.sacbee.com/2012/02/06/4243224/odds-of-living-very-long-life.html
Science Daily http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/02/120206143811.htm
SYS-CON Media (press release) http://www.sys-con.com/node/2155567
UChicagoNews http://news.uchicago.edu/article/2012/02/06/odds-living-very-long-life-lower-formerly-predicted
Predicting number of very old not easyYahoo! Local Beta News h
ttp://beta.local.yahoo.com/news-predicting-number-very-old-not-easy.html
Predicting the number of very old is confoundingThe Davis Enterprise
http://www.davisenterprise.com/opinion/opinion-columns/predicting-the-number-of-very-old-is-confounding/
Think You'll Live Long? Think AgainDiscovery News
http://news.discovery.com/human/mortality-rate-121702.html
Think you'll live to 100? Odds may be against you
Journal and Courier http://www.jconline.com/article/20120221/LIFE03/120220023
What Are Your Odds Of Living To 100?
RetirementHomes.com
http://www.retirementhomes.com/library/what-are-your-odds-of-living-to-100/----------------
BLOGS:A Counterpoint to the Concept of the Late Life Mortality Plateau 'Fight Aging!' Blog
http://www.fightaging.org/archives/2012/01/a-counterpoint-to-the-concept-of-the-late-life-mortality-plateau.php
"All the more reason to work harder on the development of rejuvenation biotechnology, capable of repairing the damage of aging. Time waits for no one."
Computation Error Explains Census Bureau's Incorrect Estimate of Mortality Rate http://teachingwithdata.blogspot.com/2012/02/computation-error-explains-census.htmlFewer Centenarians Than Previously Thought FuturePundit
http://www.futurepundit.com/archives/008507.html"This makes intuitive sense to me. The more things go wrong in the body the more those things cause still other things to go wrong. Plus, each component is wearing out even without the influence of failing supporting components. So why expect a flattening of the mortality curve? We won't be able to flatten or, better yet, reverse the rising mortality rate with age until we can rejuvenate. Gotta repair or replace aging parts. ...
This report is yet another reminder: We need to develop rejuvenation therapies."
-- Randall Parker
Here’s More Bad News About DeathThe Chronicle of Higher Education, Percolator Blog
http://chronicle.com/blogs/percolator/heres-more-bad-news-about-death/28562
In Hawai`i we live long, but like elderly everywhere, we're dying fasterhttp://raisingislands.blogspot.com/2012/02/hawaii-elderly-dying-faster-than-theory.htmlThe findings have serious impacts. All kinds of calculations are based on the assumption of how many elderly will be alive, and how fast they’re dying: retirement planning, annuities, insurance policies, Social Security payments, care home cost projections, an entire range of health care numbers, and lots more -Jan TenBruggencate
Toonari Post
http://www.toonaripost.com/2012/02/life-style/life-spans-predicted-to-be-shorter/
Living to 100 may be tougher than you thinkDr Walt's blog
http://www.drwalt.com/blog/?p=6483
New Findings…Odds of Living a Very Long Life Lower than Formerly Predicted
8PAK.COM "Asia's Male Lifestyle Magazine" http://8pak.com/?p=4475
New research downgrades odds of reaching extreme old age
http://news.uchicago.edu/
Odds of Living a Very Long Life Lower than Formerly PredictedScience Blog http://scienceblog.com/51981/odds-of-living-a-very-long-life-lower-than-formerly-predicted/
Studies on Mortality RatesWills, Trusts & Estates Prof Blog
http://lawprofessors.typepad.com/trusts_estates_prof/2012/03/studies-on-mortality-rates.html
The Odds of Living A Long Life Challenged in New Study
The Checkup
http://thecheckup.com/the-odds-of-living-a-long-life-challenged-in-new-study/US Centenarians - Not as Common as Once ThoughtDemography Is Destiny, MercatorNet’s blog
http://www.mercatornet.com/demography/view/10268"..this report should give us cause to hesitate before we plunge headlong into policies that have far-reaching effects but are based upon data that is perhaps unreliable. Not only do we not know where our temerity will land us in the future, we do not even necessarily know exactly what position we are jumping from."
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