Mortality and longevity projections for the oldest-old in Portugal • Jorge Bravo, University of Evora ; Edviges Coelho, Statistics Portugal ; Maria Magalhaes, Statistics Portugal

The positive effect on longevity for elderly living in mountain and hill areas • Graziella Caselli, Università di Roma "La Sapienza" ; Rosa Maria Lipsi, Università di Roma "La Sapienza"

Emergency of centenarians and supercentenarians in Southern Europe: verification and trends of extreme longevity in Spain • Rosa Gomez-Redondo, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) ; Juan M. Garcia Gonzalez, Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED)

Deceleration in age-related mortality increase: an analysis by cause of death for the United States and an international comparison for the oldest-old • Roland Rau, University of Rostock