Extreme longevity tracking

Extreme longevity tracking is the tracing and recording of claims of exceptionally long human lives (longevity), as a branch of demography.

Currently, there is no way to determine the chronological age of a human individual through scientific testing, and exaggeration of personal age is common; in the 2000 U.S. Census, 90% of those reporting age 110 or greater were believed to be false. Therefore, data on extremes can only be considered accurate when birth registration has been compulsory for at least 100 years. For example, Sweden began compulsory recordkeeping in 1749; the data is considered accurate since 1860 (Wilmoth, 1999); prior to this, age claims in Sweden went as high as 147. Birth registration in the US became universal only in 1933.

See also

• Biodemography of human longevity
• Guinness World Records

References

• William Thoms (1879). The Longevity of Man. Its Facts and Its Fictions. With a prefatory letter to Prof. Owen, C.B., F.R.S. on the limits and frequency of exceptional cases. London: F. Norgate. OCLC 4854500. Search this book on
• Langdon Kain (April 1898), "Man's Span of Life", The North American Review, 166 (497), archived from the original on 2007-12-09
• Young, Thomas Emley (1899). On Centenarians; and the Duration of the Human Race: A Fresh and Authentic Enquiry; with Historical Notes, Criticisms, and Speculations. London: Charles and Edwin Layton. OCLC 4874653. Search this book on
• Allan L. Benson (May 16, 1909). "Learning the length of life" (PDF). New York Times.
• Bernard Jeune, James W Vaupel (1995). Exceptional Longevity: From Prehistory to the Present. Odense: Odense University Press. OCLC 300750028. Search this book on
• Michel Allard, Jaques Vallin, Jean-Michel Andrieux, Jean-Marie Robine (1996). "In search of the secret of centenarians". In Graziella Caselli, Alan D. López. Health and mortality among elderly populations. International studies in demography. Oxford University Press. pp. 75, 76, 85. ISBN 978-0-19-823337-4. OCLC 246972107.CS1 maint: Uses authors parameter (link) CS1 maint: Uses editors parameter (link) Search this book on
• Bernard Jeune; James W Vaupel (1999). Validation of Exceptional Longevity. ISBN 978-87-7838-466-9. Search this book on

External links

• International Database on Longevity
• Validated Living Supercentenarian list maintained by the Gerontology Research Group
• Extreme Longevity (Internet publication)

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