Helsinki-Conference on Gerontechnology

Twice as many years as our ancestors: and the concept of a life plan

Keynote address by Arthur E. Imhof


Percentage of German men (left) and women (right) reaching an age of 70 (top), 80 (middle), and 85 years of life (bottom) in 1901/10, 1924/26, 1959/51, and 1984/86, compared to 1871/80 ( = 100 %).

Source: CD-ROM Historical Demography (1995), Fig. 78.