CENTENARIANS

US POPULATION

YOUR CHANCES

• Assuming that there are 300 million U.S. Citizens, the chances of someone becoming a centenarian is 1:4 thousand (~80,000 US centenarians today); on the other hand, the chances of someone becoming a Supercentenarian is only 1:4 million. Three orders of magnitude is a big difference!

OTHER ACTIVITIES PERFORMED BY CENTENARIANS

• TEACHING• PERFORMING SURGERY• WORKING• GARDENING• RUNNING MARATHONS• DANCING• ETC ETC ETC

HOT SPOTS FOR LONGEVITY

• Orroli, Italy (small town in Sardinia)

• Islands of Okinawa, Japan

• Seventh-Day Adventist community in Loma Linda, California

according to a study funded by National Institute on Aging reported in National Geographic November 2005

SUPERCENTENARIANS(have attained the age of

110 or more)

As of March 1, 2008, there are 81 documented supercentenarians in the world - 70 females and 11 males

Los Angeles Gerontological Research Group

www.grg.org

SUPERCENTENARIAN COUNT

113 YEARS OLD

NATURE VS NURTURE

• Could it be genetic? Is it connected to the Y chromosome? In Sardinia, the ratio of centenarians is 1:1 as opposed to 4:1 in rest of world. Do they share a hormonal pattern on Okinawa?

• Could it be lifestyle? Is it diet? Okinawans eat a low fat, high fish diet including fruit & vegetables and they exercise. Is it spirituality? The Seventh-Day Adventist group is a spiritual community and does not eat meat

COULD YOU LIVE TO BE OVER 100?

• ACTIVE BODY eating well, exercising your body

• ACTIVE MIND learning new things, exercising your

mind

• SPIRITUAL CONNECTION

• STRONG FAMILY TIES relationships with people