The rhythm of aging: Stability and drift in the individual rate of senescence | PNAS 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...

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.

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The rhythm of aging: Stability and drift in the individual rate of senescence | PNAS 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...

great paper by Silvio C. Patricio

www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

His study shows no evidence that the individual rate of aging has changed. Instead, it remains stable, suggesting that gains in life expectancy are more consistent with a later onset of senescence than with a slowing of its tempo.