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A centenarian is a person who has reached the age of 100. Because life expectancies at birth worldwide are well below 100, the term is invariably associated with longevity.The United Nations estimated that there were 316,600 living centenarians worldwide in 2012, [1] and 573,000 in 2020, almost quadruple the 2000 estimate of 151,000.
The following is a list of living centenarians (living people who have attained the age of at least 100 years) known for reasons other than just their longevity. For more specific lists of people (living or deceased) who are known for these reasons, see lists of centenarians .
The Blue Zones — places around the world where people live extraordinarily long lives — are the subject of a new Netflix documentary exploring how lifestyle can help humans live to 100 and ...
For example, some individuals of the Galapagos tortoise live more than 175 years, [7] and some individuals of the bowhead whale more than 200 years. [8] Some scientists cautiously suggest that the human body can have sufficient resources to live up to 150 years.
Living Testaments. The oldest known person in the world died at 118, far exceeding the United Nation's world life expectancy of 72.98 years. But living past 100 isn't the rarity it once was.
In recent years, there has been some criticism around the concept of Blue Zones, including an academic paper that points out record keeping errors and fraud could lead to inaccurate claims that ...
Another longevity index applied was the Centenarian rate (CR) for the 1900 birth group (number of persons surviving to 100 years old per 10,000 people alive at age 60) in December 2000. [3] The Sardinia and Okinawa blue zones had CR values for men substantially higher compared to several other countries, whereas values for women were mostly ...
At 100 years old, Miriam Todd works more hours than many people a fraction of her age. She’s in her office at her family’s furniture store six days a week, for at least 50 hours total.