Authors for this volume | Introduction | Determinants of unusual and differential longevity: an introduction | Refereed Articles | Mortality deceleration is not informative of unobserved heterogeneity in open groups | Modal age at death: lifespan indicator in the era of longevity extension | Surviving to be the oldest old—destiny or chance? | The Blue Zones: areas of exceptional longevity around the world | The Nicoya region of Costa Rica: a high longevity island for elderly males | Regional hot spots of exceptional longevity in Germany | Lifetime abstainers and mortality risk in the United States | The longevity of academicians: evidence from the Saxonian Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Leipzig | Evidence of resiliency among long-lived smokers | Ethnicity, russification and excess mortality in Kazakhstan | Exploring Sardinian longevity: women fertility and parental transmission of longevity | Maternal age, birth order and other early-life factors: a family-level approach to exploring exceptional survival | Determinants of exceptional human longevity: new ideas and findings | Familial transmission of human longevity: a population-based study in an inland village of Sardinia (Italy), 1850–2010

The Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2013 examines the determinants of exceptional human longevity, integrating perspectives from genetics, socio-environmental influences and lifestyle. It examines statistical methods, "longevity hotspots" such as Sardinia and Okinawa, and unique groups such as centenarians and academics. Contributions cover modal age at death, familial factors such as fertility and parental life expectancy, and specific risk groups, including long-lived smokers. By advancing the understanding of longevity patterns, the special issue provides new insights into the complex interplay of biological, social, and environmental factors shaping human lifespan. 

Determinants of unusual and differential longevity

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William P. Butz

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Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2013, Vol. 11