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Prospective Longevity - A New Vision of Population Aging (Hardcover)
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Prospective Longevity - A New Vision of Population Aging (Hardcover)
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From two leading experts, a revolutionary new way to think about
and measure aging. Aging is a complex phenomenon. We usually think
of chronological age as a benchmark, but it is actually a backward
way of defining lifespan. It tells us how long we've lived so far,
but what about the rest of our lives? In this pathbreaking book,
Warren C. Sanderson and Sergei Scherbov provide a new way to
measure individual and population aging. Instead of counting how
many years we've lived, we should think about the number of years
we have left, our "prospective age." Two people who share the same
chronological age probably have different prospective ages, because
one will outlive the other. Combining their forward-thinking
measure of our remaining years with other health metrics, Sanderson
and Scherbov show how we can generate better demographic estimates,
which inform better policies. Measuring prospective age helps make
sense of observed patterns of survival, reorients understanding of
health in old age, and clarifies the burden of old-age dependency.
The metric also brings valuable data to debates over equitable
intergenerational pensions. Sanderson and Scherbov's pioneering
model has already been adopted by the United Nations. Prospective
Longevity offers us all an opportunity to rethink aging, so that we
can make the right choices for our societal and economic health.
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