DataSet

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

The Odense Archive of Population Data on Aging currently consists of the following six databases: Kannisto Thatcher Oldest Old Database Lundstrom Database for Sweden Andreev Skytthe Database for Denmark Hauge Harvald Database on Elderly Danish Twins Carey Database on Medflies Curtsinger Database on Drosophila The Kannisto Thatcher Oldest Old Database consists of population counts and death counts by single year of age, by year of birth, and by calendar year for males and females in 28 developed countries (not including the United States), mostly since 1950, at ages 80 and above. A description of this database can be found in Vaino Kannisto, Development of Oldest Old Mortality, 1950 1990: Evidence from 28 Developed Countries (Odense University Press, 1994). The Lundstrom Database for Sweden consists of population counts and death counts by single year of age, by year of birth, and by calendar year for males and females in Sweden since 1861, for ages 51 and above. The Andreev Skytthe Database for Denmark is similar, except it starts at age 0 and year 1870. The Hauge Harvald Database on Elderly Danish Twins consists of individual level data on twin pairs born in Denmark between 1870 and 1930. For each twin pair, date of birth and dates of death (if dead), sex, and zygosity are available. The Carey Database on Medflies consists of daily death counts for large, genetically heterogeneous cohorts of Medflies followed until extinction. About 5 million Medflies are included. The Curtsinger Database on Drosophila consists of similar data but on smaller cohorts of Drosophila that are classified by genotype. About 50,000 Drosophila are included.

The Odense Archive of Population Data on Aging includes several databases of relevance to studies of oldest-old mortality.

In addition to the Kannisto book cited above, various articles have been published in Science, Population and Development Review, and elsewhere.

Odense University
University of California at Davis
University of Colorado at Boulder
University of Minnesota

All of the above data are available and will be sent to qualified researchers on request. The investigator responsible for each dataset will review such requests.

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