Table 1: Gompertz’ parameters and tad age.

Population Parameter c
(95% CI) 		Parameter k (days -1)
(95% CI) 		Absolute Sum of Squares tad
Dutch Population 2003
Male + Female
(n ≈15,000,000)		 1.74 * 10-4
(1.54 * 10-4 – 1.94 * 10-4)		 2.87* 10-4
(2.74*10-4 – 2.85*10 -4)		 0.007149 86.5 years
Dutch Population 1994
Male
(n ≈ 7,585,000)		 3.52 * 10-4
(3.20 * 10-4 – 3.85 * 10-4)		 2.76 10 -4
(2.66*10-4 – 2.73* 10-4)		 0.005600 80.0
years
Female
(n ≈ 7,755,000)		 1.12 * 10-4
(9.41 * 10-5 – 1.30 * 10-4)		 2.95*10 -4
(2.82*10-1 – 2.93* 10-4)		 0.01212 86.6
years
Mouse Fed Normally
(n = 60)		 1.28 * 10-3
(5.14 * 10-4 – 2.04 * 10-3)		 6.87* 10 -3
(6.23*10-3 –7.50*10-3)		 0.07075 32.3 months
Caloric Restriction
(n = 60)		 9.63 * 10-4
(5.88 * 10-4 – 1.33 * 10-3)		 6.13 *10-3
(5.80* 10-3 – 6.50*10-3)		 0.03123 37.7 months
House Fly
Diet I
(n = 200)		 3.28 * 10-2
(2.70 * 10-2 – 3.89 * 10-2)		 1.58 *10-1
(1.49*10-1 –.66 * 10-1)		 0.02111 21.6 days
Diet V
(n = 200)		 1.80 * 10-2
(1.45 * 10-2 – 2.16 * 10-2)		 1.36 * 10-1
(1.29*10-1 –1.43*10-1)		 0.02785 29.5 days
Diet VI
(n = 200)		 3.26 * 10-3
(2.72 * 10-3 – 3.80 * 10-3)		 1.61 * 10-1
(1.56 *10-1–1.66*10-1)		 0.01091 35.6 days
Fruit Fly
Male
(n = 162,280)		 6.44 * 10-1
(5.62 * 10-1 – 7.25 * 10-1)		 5.26 * 10-2
4.85*10-2-5.68*10-2)		 0.02145 44.1 days
Female
(n = 134,807)		 8.85 * 10-1
(8.26 * 10-1 – 9.45 * 10-1)		 3.63 * 10-2
(3.47*10-2–3.80*10-2)		 0.00630 31.1 days
Honey Bee
Male (n = 200)		 3.96 * 10-2
(3.11*10-2 – 4.82*10-2)		 9.42 * 10-2
(8.81*10-2 –1.00 * 10-1)		 0.05360 34.3 days

This table shows the parameters of the best quantitative fits, 95% confidence intervals (CI), the sum of squares of the best fitting Gompertz’ models, and tad ages. The data sets used were: humans (total Dutch population); mice under caloric restriction (B6-mice fed ad libidum followed by a non-purified diet); houseflies (Musca domestica) fed with a variety of diets (Diet I, ad libidum sucrose fed; Diet V, 6:6:1 mixture of sucrose, powdered skim milk and powdered egg; Diet VI, 13:6 mixture of diet V plus powdered whey protein); West-Indian fruit flies (Anastrepha oblique, males and females) and male honeybees (Apis mellifera). Details in the text.