One of my favorite PhD thesis chapters is now published in @pnas.org
Using cohort mortality data from 12 countries, I find no evidence that the rate of aging has slowed down. Longevity gains seem more consistent with a later onset of aging.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Human aging is marked by a steady rise in the risk of dying with age–a process demographers call senescence. Over the past century, life expectancy...