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Birthrates for men in Germany made available for the first time. Men on average have less children then women and have them later in life. (Data sheet) Related press release

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Individual lifespans are becoming more similar

Death counts (normalized) for US women in 1933 and 2014 for ages 0 to 109 Related press release

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European Doctoral School of Demography (EDSD) Flyer

The EDSD is an 11-month program open to students with a master´s degree, and who are enrolled in the first year of a European PhD program.

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Human Cause-of-Death Database (HCD) Flyer

The HCD provides access to detailed high-quality data on cause-specific mortality. It provides time series with constant classification of causes, based on ICD-10.

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Human Mortality Database (HMD) Flyer

The HMD is the world ́s leading data resource on mortality in developed countries.

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Human Fertility Database (HFD) Flyer

The HFD provides free data on births, including different kinds of fertility rates, cohort and period fertility tables, and mean ages at childbearing.

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Life expectancy and its rise in 396 German districts

Life expectancy for men and women for all districts in 2009/2011, in 1995/1997 and as a comparison of time

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Life expectancy and its rise in 396 German districts

SHAPE file with boundaries of all 396 districts including all data on life expectancies for producing custom maps

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1.6 Children per Woman

For the first time, the MPIDR presents corrected birth rates that are considerably higher than the official figures (Data sheet). Related press release

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In Search of Time Won – About the Future of Aging Societies

by James Vaupel, MPG Annual Report 2008

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Demographic Change: A Major Political Problem Zone

by Harald Wilkoszewski, MaxPlanckResearch 2009

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