HMD Acknowledgements

	Acknowledgements
	This project would not have been possible without the enthusiasm and assistance of a large number of individuals at various institutions. We are grateful for all their contributions. (Please let us know if we have omitted anyone who ought to be acknowledged.) Financial Support The HMD receives financial and logistical support from its two sponsoring institutions, the Department of Demography at the University of California, Berkeley (UCB) and the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR). The UCB team is also supported by an award (R01 AG11552) from the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and benefits from the supportive infrastructure of the NIA-funded Center on the Economics and Demography of Aging at UCB. Other Databases For some populations, data on mortality at older ages came from or were complemented by the Kannisto-Thatcher Database (KTD) on Old Age Mortality. In addition, we often use data from the Human Lifetable Database (HLD) for checking our estimates. Individual Contributors Demographers and statisticians from around the world have contributed to this project by supplying data and/or expert advice for a particular country or area. In alphabetical listing by country/area, they include: Australia Cassandra Eaves, Australian Bureau of Statistics Mike Nunn, Australian Bureau of Statistics John O'Brien, Queensland Health, Australia Adrian Smith, Australian Bureau of Statistics Len Smith, Australian National University, Australia Austria Alexia Fürnkranz-Prskawetz, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Germany Alexander Hanika, Statistik Austria Anita Höfner, Statistik Austria Helga de Wild, Statistik Austria Belgium Isabelle Devos, Universiteit Gent (Ghent University) Michel Poulain, Groupe d'étude de Démographie Appliquée (GéDAP), Université catholique de Louvain Bulgaria Iordan Kalchev, National Institute of Statistics Canada Robert Bourbeau, Université de Montréal Czech Republic Jitka Rychtarikova, Charles University Prague, Czech Republic Denmark Otto Andersen, Danmarks Statistik Dorthe Larsen, Danmarks Statistik Ulla Larsen, Harvard School of Public Health Jens Lauritsen, Syddansk Universitet (University of Southern Denmark) Axel Skytthe, Syddansk Universitet (University of Southern Denmark) England & Wales Steve Smallwood, formerly Government Actuaries’ Department, currently at the Office of National Statistics (ONS) Roger Thatcher, former Director, Office of Population Censuses and Surveys and Registrar General for England and Wales Estonia Kalev Katus, Estonian Institute for Population Studies Gleb Denissov, Statistics Estonia Finland Väinö Kannisto formerly, former United Nations advisor on demographic and social statistics Timo Nikander, Finland Statistics France Françoise Depoid, Institut national d'études démographiques (INED) Jean-Claude Labat, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE) France Meslé, INED Jacques Vallin, INED Lucile Richet-Mastain, INSEE Germany Walter Becker, Federal Statistical Office Germany, Wiesbaden Hans-Peter Bosse, Federal Statistical Office Germany, Wiesbaden Anja Conradi-Freundschuh, Federal Statistical Office Germany, Wiesbaden Anita Depner, Statistical Office of Berlin Dieter Emmerling, Federal Statistical Office Germany, Wiesbaden Jutta Gebhardt, Federal Statistical Office Germany, Wiesbaden Christiane Hanson, Federal Statistical Office Germany, Wiesbaden R. Hopf-Engelk, Statistical Office of Berlin Beate Koehn, Statistical Office of Berlin Viola Kraemer, Statistical Office of Berlin Juergen Paffhausen, Statistical Office of Berlin Rolf Paletta, Statistical Office of Berlin Gisela Papaja-Yadegari, Federal Statistical Office Germany, Wiesbaden Bettina Sommer, Federal Statistical Office Germany, Wiesbaden Monika Zornik, Statistical Office of Berlin Hungary Árpád Mészáros, Deputy Director of Department, Hungarian Central Statistical Office Iceland Brynjólfur Sigurjónsson, Statistics Iceland Sigrún Helgadóttir, Statistics Iceland Italy Elisabetta Barbi, Università di Roma "La Sapienza" Silvia Bruzzone, Istituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT) Graziella Caselli, Università di Roma "La Sapienza" Viviana Egidi, ISTAT Claudia Iaccario, ISTAT Martina Lo Conte, ISTAT Japan Makoto Atoh, National Institute of Population and Social Security Research (NIPSSR) Gretchen A. Condran, Temple University, USA Shigemi Kono, Reitaku University Shigesato Takahashi, NIPSSR Tetsuya Tamura, Division of Vital Statistics, Department of Statistics and Information, Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare Toru Suzuki, NIPSSR Latvia Uldis Usackis, Central Statistical Bureau of Latvia Lithuania Vlada Stankuniene, Institute for Social Research Netherlands Jolanda van der Meer, Statistics Netherlands Frans van Poppel, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) Ewa Tabeau, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, The Hague Sabrina Voorham, Statistics Netherlands Frans Willekens, University of Groningen New Zealand Jit Cheung, Public Health Directorate of the Ministry of Health of New Zealand Anne Howard, Statistics New Zealand Michael Ryan, Statistics New Zealand Norway Jens-Kristian Borgan, Statistik Sentralbyrå Kirsten Enger Dybendal, Statistik Sentralbyrå Anita M. Johansson, Statistik Sentralbyrå Nico Keilman, Statistik Sentralbyrå Elisabetta Vassenden, Statistik Sentralbyrå Poland Longina Rutkowska, Central Statistical Office of Poland Agnieszka Znajewska, Central Statistical Office of Poland Roman Popiński, Central Statistical Office of Poland Lech Boleslawski, Central Statistical Office of Poland Agnieszka Fihel, University of Warsaw, Poland Russia Sergei Zakharov, Center for Demography and Human Ecology Slovak Republic Ján Mészáros Demographic Research Centre (INFOSTAT), Bratislava Spain Antonio Argüeso, Instituto Nacional de Estadistica Rosa Goméz Redondo,Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) José Olmeda, UNED Sweden Hans Lundström, National Central Bureau of Statistics Switzerland Stéphane Cotter, Swiss Federal Statistical Office Philippe Wanner, Swiss Federal Statistical Office Sylvie Regli Greub, Swiss Federal Statistical Office Barbara Perrenoud, Swiss Federal Statistical Office Taiwan Yi-yang Lee, Minister of Interior United States Robert Anderson, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) Thomas Dunn and the Systems, Programming, and Statistical Resource Branch of the Division of Vital Statistics at NCHS Cynthia Owens, Duke University Richard Suzman, National Institute for Aging Researchers associated with a NIA grant (R01 AG18444) to Duke University have also supplied invaluable information about U.S. mortality at older ages. The UCB team wishes to thank the faculty, staff, and students of the Department of Demography for their moral support and direct assistance with this project over the years. Thanks as well to the staff of the Institute of International Studies for their excellent administrative support. The MPIDR team thanks all their researchers for valuable comments as well as the staff for assistance provided during recent years. Thanks are due to Jim Vaupel for his guidance and encouragement, and Dirk Vieregg for computer assistance. Thanks as well to our visitors for their expert assessment of our work.