title: [Life expectancy curves reveal major demographic events].
abstract: Life expectancy curves for several nations provide an astonishingly precise image of the major events that occurred during the last century, highlight similarities between France and Great Britain, and reflect the tremendous economic hardship associated with the end of the Soviet Union.
authors.affiliation: UMR 7268 ADÉS, Aix-Marseille, Université/EFS/CNRS, Espace éthique méditerranéen, hôpital d'adultes la Timone, 264, rue Saint-Pierre, 13385 Marseille Cedex 05, France ; CoReBio PACA, case 901, parc scientifique de Luminy, 13288 Marseille Cedex 09, France.
authors.forename: Bertrand
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jordan
mesh_terms: D003710:Demography / Q000266:history; D004190:Disasters / Q000266:history / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy / Q000266:history / Q000639:trends*; D012426:Russia / Q000453:epidemiology; D006113:United Kingdom / Q000453:epidemiology