Supercentenarian

In English, a supercentenarian is a person who is at least 110 years old. An estimated 300 to 450 supercentenarians currently live worldwide; however, only a fraction has been scientifically tested for age.

Geert Boomgaard (1890s)

According to the Gerontology Research Group , the age of over 1700 supercentenarians has been verified so far (as of January 2015).

Geert Adriaans Boomgaard from the Netherlands , who died in 1899 at the age of 110 years and 135 days , is considered to be the first person known to have reached the age of 110 .

The oldest person with confirmed life data is Jeanne Calment , who died in 1997 at the age of 122 years and 164 days.

An international study published in 2010 under the leadership of the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock showed that the countries with the most supercentenarians are the United States , Great Britain , Japan , France and Italy .

literature

• Heiner Maier, Jutta Gampe, Bernard Jeune, Jean-Marie Robine, James W. Vaupel (Eds.): Supercentenarians (pdf), Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-11519-6 .

Web links

Commons : Supercentenarians  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Supercentenarians on supercentenarian.com (English)
• Supercentenarian Research Study

See also

• List of the oldest people

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Validated living supercentenarians on grg.org (English), accessed on May 2, 2017
2. ↑ http://www.grg.org/Adams/B.HTM (English), accessed on May 2, 2017
3. ↑ http://www.grg.org/Adams/A.HTM (English), accessed on May 2, 2017
4. ↑ http://www.grg.org/SC/SCindex.html (English), accessed on May 2, 2017
5. ^ Supercentenarians around the world on The Christian Science Monitor , accessed on December 3, 2011