title: A simple derivation of the Gompertz law for human mortality.
abstract: The Gompertz law of dependence of human mortality rate on age is derived from a simple model of death as a result of an exponentially rare escape of abnormal cells from immunological response.
authors.affiliation: William I. Fine Theoretical Physics Institute, University of Minnesota, 55455, Minneapolis, MN, USA, shklovsk@physics.umn.edu.
authors.forename: B I
authors.initials: BI
authors.lastname: Shklovskii