Selected publications (click on “Abstract” “HTML” or “PDF”)

Estimating the completeness of death registration in a closed population.  (Population Index 1981) [PDF]

A simple equation for estimating the expectation of life at old ages.  (Population Studies 1982) [PDF]

The long-term impact of war on mortality: old-age mortality of the First World War survivors in the Federal Republic of Germany (Population Bulletin of the United Nations 1983) [Abstract] [PDF]

Mortality estimation from registered deaths in less developed countries.  (Demography 1984) [Abstract] [PDF]

Age-specific growth rates: the legacy of past population dynamics.  (Demography 1988) [Abstract] [PDF]

Age patterns of mortality for older women:  an analysis using age-specific rate of mortality change with age.  (Mathematical Population Studies 1990) [Abstract] [PDF]

Measurement and analysis of cohort size variations.  (Population Bulletin of the United Nations 1991) [Abstract] [PDF]

Assessing effects of mortality reduction on population aging. (Population Bulletin of the United Nations 1991) [Abstract] [PDF]

Stagnation in the decline of the world population growth rate during the 1980s. (Science 1992) [Abstract] [PDF]

The cohort approach to population growth: a retrospective decomposition of growth rates for Sweden.  (Population Studies 1995) [Abstract] [PDF]

Age patterns of the life-table aging rate for major causes of death in Japan, 1951-1990. (Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences 1997) [Abstract] [PDF]

Postmenopausal acceleration of age-related mortality increase (Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences 1997). [Abstract] [PDF]

Deceleration in the age pattern of mortality at older ages (Demography 1998). [Abstract] [PDF]

Epidemiological transitions in human history. (In: Health and Mortality: Issues of Global Concern. 1999). [PDF]

Rectangularization revisited: Variability of age at death within human populations. (Demography 1999) [Abstract] [PDF]

Greater lifetime expectations. (Nature 2000). [HTML]

Increase in maximum life span in Sweden, 1861-1999 (Science 2000) [Abstract] [PDF]

Interspecies comparison of life span distribution: Humans versus invertebrates. (Population and Development Review 2003) [PDF]

Age patterns of mortality. (In: The Encyclopedia of Population 2003) [PDF]

Differential patterns of age-related mortality increase in middle age and old age. (Journal of Gerontology: Biological Sciences 2003) [Abstract] [PDF]

Tempo effect on age-specific death rates. (Demographic Research 2005) [PDF]

Causes of death among the oldest-old: Distributions and age variations. (In: Human Longevity, Individual Life Duration, and the Growth of the Oldest-Old Population  2006) [PDF]

The narrowing sex gap in life expectancy: Effects of sex differences in the age pattern of mortality. (Population Studies 2007) [PDF]

Demography of aging and longevity: an intersection of social, biomedical, and mathematical sciences. (In H. Inaba ed., The Scope of Contemporary Demography. Kyoto: Minerva Publishing, pp. 98-124, 2007. In Japanese.) [PDF]

A method of decomposition analysis based on a model of continuous changes. (Demography 2008) [PDF]

The compression of deaths above the mode. (Demographic Research 2010) [PDF]

Arthur Roger Thatcher's contributions to longevity research: A Reflexion. (Demographic Research 2010) [PDF]

Demographic models of human longevity. (Science Journal KAGAKU 2010. In Japanese.) [PDF]

Major causes of the rapid longevity extension in postwar Japan. (Japan Journal of Population 2011) [PDF] [Japanese version]

Modal age at death: Lifespan indicator in the era of longevity extension. (Vienna Yearbook of Population Research 2013) [PDF]