Abstract
As individuals grow older, they become less well adapted to surviving. A large and steady age-related increase in adult mortality can be observed across different countries and different time periods. Despite these pervasive age-related decrements in people’s capability to survive, we argue that mortality is plastic and that it can be affected by cultural changes. Mortality data for various developed countries indicate that death rates at older ages have fallen dramatically during the twentieth century. Mortality improvements have been greater for females than for males, and the pace of improvement has been more rapid in recent than in earlier decades.
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