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Centenarians BOOMING in US

Published by David Bunnell on January 11, 2012

America’s population of centenarians – already the largest in the world – has roughly doubled in the past 20 years to around 72,000 and is projected to at least double again by 2020, perhaps even increase seven-fold, according to the Census Bureau. The Census Bureau estimates there were 71,991 centenarians more »

Centenarians at record levels in the UK

Published by Andy Walker on September 29, 2011

According to the BBC and the Guardian newspaper, the number of people in the UK aged 100 or over has reached a record high, according to official figures. The Office for National Statistics said there were 12,640 in 2010, compared with 2,500 in 1980 – a five-fold rise. And life more »