Chapter 2 Estimating mean lifetime

Chapter 3 The quantum and tempo of life-cycle events

Chapter 4 Demographic translation and tempo effects: An accelerated failure time perspective

Chapter 5 Lifesaving, lifetimes and lifetables

Chapter 6 Tempo and its tribulations

Chapter 7 Tempo effects in mortality: An appraisal

Chapter 8 Increments to life and mortality tempo

Chapter 9 Mortality tempo versus removal of causes of mortality: Opposite views leading to different estimations of life expectancy

Chapter 10 Tempo effect on age-specific death rates

Chapter 11 Mortality tempo-adjustment: Theoretical considerations and an empirical application

Chapter 12 Five period measures of longevity

Chapter 13 Found in translation? A cohort perspective on tempo-adjusted life expectancy

Chapter 14 Afterthoughts on the mortality tempo effect

Chapter 15 Turbulence in lifetables: Demonstration by four simple examples