While the data leave no doubt that deaths are indeed being delayed into increasingly older ages, our analysis shows that the implications of such changes for lifespan variability patterns are not pre-determined, but rather depend in intricate ways on the specific pattern of mortality change by age and over time.
Though a return to growth next year looks increasingly plausible, it could be delayed, not least if sentiment sours again.
He cautioned, however, that the study might underestimate the actual scope of the problem: The median age of women when they took the questionnaire before joining the study was 27, and increasingly women are delaying childbirth.
BAGHDAD, Iraq, Sept. 22 - Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Husseini al-Sistani, the nation's most powerful Shiite leader, is growing increasingly concerned that nationwide elections could be delayed, his aides said, and has even threatened to withdraw his support for the elections unless changes are made to increase the representation of Shiites, according to one Iraqi source close to him.
Protesters have increasingly called for the election to be delayed, and the charges have further added to the disenfranchisement that many Guatemalan citizens feel with the country's political system.
Diagnostic failures, or diagnoses that are delayed or in error, are an increasingly popular topic of research in patient safety.
As a result, it is looking increasingly likely the 2011 deadline for the MAC directive will be delayed.
Marriage and childbearing have been delayed, cohabitation rather than formal marriage is increasingly prevalent, and partnerships are less stable.
But investors will turn increasingly cautious even about these countries if the necessary fiscal reforms are delayed.
The train is delayed for several minutes as he struggles to get free, contorting himself into increasingly outrageous positions.
