Current Validated Living Supercentenarians  
As of May 22, 2013 Bookmark http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM for a direct link to this page.
We have a total of 60* Validated Living Supercentenarians.
* The total number of supercentenarians that we have cited above has been frequently been misconstrued in the news media as representing every single person in the world aged 110 and over.
* The actual estimated number of worldwide living supercentenarians is more likely to be between [300 - 450] persons. For more information, please see the Notes section below.
     Oldest Validated Living Supercentenarians  
  We have 57 supercentenarians (52 Females: 5 Males) on this list.
Birthplace Residence Name Born Years Days R S Validated by Applic. Date Add Date Photo?
1 Japan Japan Jiroemon Kimura Apr. 19, 1897 116* 33* O M Hamish Todd/Ken Matsuoka/MHLW, Japan Sept. 25, 2007 Oct. 16, 2007 Y
2 Japan Japan Misao Okawa Mar. 5, 1898 115* 78* O F Anson Davis/MHLW, Japan Sept. 14, 2011 Sept. 14, 2011 Y
3 U.S. (GA) U.S. (MI) Jeralean Talley May 23, 1899 113* 364* B F Filipe Prista Lucas/Mark Muir May 25, 2009 Apr. 4, 2012 Y
4 U.S. (AL) U.S. (NY) Susannah Mushatt Jones July 6, 1899 113* 320* B F Robert Young/Filipe Prista Lucas/Stefan Gelow July 5, 2010 Aug. 19, 2010 Y
5 U.S. (MA) U.S. (MA) Bernice Madigan July 24, 1899 113* 302* W F Robert Young July 28, 2009 Sept. 22, 2009 Y
6 Mexico U.S. (CA) Soledad Mexia Aug. 13, 1899 113* 282* H F Steve Coles/Robert Young/Miguel Quesada Oct. 9, 2009 Nov. 19, 2009 Y
7 U.S. (NY) U.S. (NY) Evelyn Kozak Aug. 14, 1899 113* 281* W F Filipe Prista Lucas/Mark Muir/anonymous Aug. 16, 2010 Oct. 21, 2010 Y
8 U.S. (TX) U.S. (TX) Naomi Conner Aug. 30, 1899 113* 265* B F Robert Young/Filipe Prista Lucas/Anson Davis/Mark Muir Jan. 1, 2011 May 8, 2013 Y
9 Japan Japan Mitsue Nagasaki Sept. 18, 1899 113* 246* O F Tom Li/MHLW, Japan Sept. 13, 2011 Sept. 17, 2011 Y
10 Italy Italy Emma Morano-Martinuzzi Nov. 29, 1899 113* 174* W F Paolo Scarabaggio Jan. 15, 2010 Feb. 4, 2010 Y
11 England (UK) England (UK) Grace Jones Dec. 7, 1899 113* 166* W F Melissa Page Jan. 9, 2010 Feb. 20, 2010 Y
12 Barbados (BWI) Barbados James Sisnett Feb. 22, 1900 113* 89* B M Andrew Holmes June 9, 2010 July 4, 2010 Y
13 Japan Japan Yoshino Tanaka Mar. 3, 1900 113* 80* O F Stefan Gelow/MHLW, Japan May 21, 2010 June 19, 2010 Y
14 Italy Italy Maria Gravigi-De Candia Mar. 3, 1900 113* 80* W F Paolo Scarabaggio Apr. 1, 2010 May 5, 2010 Y
15 U.S. (GA) U.S. (PA) Anna Henderson Mar. 5, 1900 113* 78* B F Robert Young Aug. 28, 2010 July 7, 2011 Y
16 Puerto Rico U.S. (FL) Antonia Gerena Rivera May 19, 1900 113* 3* H F Robert Young Nov. 16, 2010 Dec. 23, 2010 Y
17 England (UK) England (UK) Ethel Lang May 27, 1900 112* 360* W F Melissa Page June 8, 2010 Aug. 11, 2010 Y
18 Japan Japan Nabi Tajima Aug. 4, 1900 112* 291* O F Tim Green/MHLW, Japan Oct. 11, 2011 Oct. 11, 2011  
19 U.S. (IA) U.S. (MN) Anna Stoehr Oct. 15, 1900 112* 219* W F Robert Young/Mark Muir Dec. 28, 2010 Oct. 13, 2011 Y
20 Russia (Moldova) U.S. (NY) Goldie Steinberg Oct. 30, 1900 112* 204* W F Mark Muir Nov. 21, 2012 Nov. 30, 2012 Y
21 Martinique (FR) Martinique (FR) Irénise Moulonguet Nov. 6, 1900 112* 197* B F Laurent Toussaint/Cyril Depoudent Oct. 19, 2012 Jan. 29, 2013 Y
22 Japan Japan Ryo Fujihara Nov. 28, 1900 112* 175* O F Anson Davis/MHW, Japan Oct. 1, 2011 Oct. 18, 2011  
23 U.S. (IA) Canada Merle Barwis Dec. 23, 1900 112* 150* W F Chris Amos/Peter Vermaelen/Mark Muir Mar. 20, 2012 Apr. 16, 2012 Y
24 U.S. (OK) U.S. (CA) Opal Thompson Jan. 13, 1901 112* 129* W F L. Stephen Coles/Robert Young/Mark Muir Apr. 28, 2012 May 23, 2012 Y
25 Italy U.S. (NY) Marietta Capizzi Jan. 30, 1901 112* 112* W F Paolo Scarabaggio/Mark Muir Feb. 1, 2012 Oct. 28, 2012 Y
26 Japan Japan Kiyoko Ishiguro Mar. 4, 1901 112* 79* O F Anson Davis/MHLW, Japan July 11, 2011 Aug. 20, 2011 Y
27 France France Suzanne Burrier Mar. 14, 1901 112* 69* W F Martin Miet Apr. 2, 2012 May 1, 2012 Y
28 Canada Canada Flora Thibodeau Mar. 20, 1901 112* 63* W F Robert Young/Mark Muir/Ghislain Trottier Mar. 20, 2012 Apr. 28, 2012 Y
29 Mexico U.S. (CA) Dominga Velasco May 12, 1901 112* 10* WH F Steve Coles/Robert Young July 5, 2012 Nov. 10, 2012 Y
30 Japan Japan Yoshi Kitamura June 1, 1901 111* 355* O F Anson Davis/MHLW, Japan Sept. 7, 2011 Oct. 7, 2011 Y
31 U.S. (ME) U.S. (NC) Edna Bowman June 3, 1901 111* 353* W F Mark Muir/Anson Davis Aug. 17, 2012 Feb. 27, 2013 Y
32 France France Olympe Amaury June 19, 1901 111* 337* W F Luc Le Lay Nov. 3, 2011 Jan. 10, 2012  
33 England (UK) England (UK) Kathleen McManners July 6, 1901 111* 320* W F Andrew Holmes/Melissa Page Aug. 8, 2011 Jan. 3, 2012 Y
34 Japan Japan Hanae Kimura Aug. 8, 1901 111* 287* O F Anson Davis/MHLW, Japan Sept. 17, 2012 Sept. 29, 2012 Y
35 Italy Italy Rosa Bandini-Alberghi Sept. 11, 1901 111* 253* W F Paolo Scarabaggio Oct. 11, 2011 Apr. 11, 2012 Y
36 Spain Spain Francisca Garcia-Torres Sept. 13, 1901 111* 251* W F Miguel Quesada/Emilio Ibanez/David Guarnizo Sept. 14, 2011 Apr. 20, 2012 Y
37 Newfoundland U.S. (CA) James McCoubrey Sept. 13, 1901 111* 251* W M Steve Coles Dec. 29, 2011 Feb. 2, 2012 Y
38 Japan Japan Masayo Okamoto Sept. 21, 1901 111* 243* O F Anson Davis/MHLW, Japan July 2, 2012 Aug. 11, 2012  
39 Japan Japan Toshie Yorimitsu Sept. 30, 1901 111* 234* O F Anson Davis/MHLW, Japan Feb. 2, 2012 Apr. 25, 2012 Y
40 Japan Japan Tou Tajiri Oct. 23, 1901 111* 211* O F Anson Davis/MHLW, Japan Dec. 26, 2011 Aug. 24, 2012 Y
41 Spain Spain Ana Vela-Rubio Oct. 29, 1901 111* 205* W F Emilio Ibanez/Miguel Quesada Dec. 11, 2011 Aug. 18, 2012 Y
42 Japan Japan Hana Shindo Oct. 29, 1901 111* 205* O F Anson Davis/MHLW, Japan Apr. 10, 2012 Sept. 4, 2012 Y
43 Japan Japan Kameno Nosaka Nov. 4, 1901 111* 199* O F Anson Davis/MHLW, Japan Dec. 15, 2012 Jan. 26, 2013 Y
44 Scotland (UK) Australia Jane Gray Dec. 1, 1901 111* 172* W F John McCormack Apr. 1, 2012 Sept. 11, 2012 Y
45 Germany Germany Gertrud Henze Dec. 8, 1901 111* 165* W F Stefan Jamin Mar. 18, 2012 Sept. 27, 2012 Y
46 Spain Spain Maria Concha Perez-Cidad Dec. 9, 1901 111* 164* W F Emilio Ibanez/Miguel Quesada Jan. 2, 2012 Oct. 11, 2012 Y
47 Japan Japan Tsuya Yamaguchi Dec. 22, 1901 111* 151* O F Anson Davis/MHLW, Japan Sept. 12, 2012 Oct. 29, 2012  
48 Japan Japan Jokichi Igarashi Jan. 26, 1902 111* 116* O M Anson Davis/MHLW, Japan Sept. 18, 2012 Feb. 4, 2013 Y
49 England (UK) England (UK) Dorothy Baldwin Feb. 8, 1902 111* 103* W F Andrew Holmes Feb. 19, 2012 Jan. 16, 2013 Y
50 Japan Japan Mitsue Toyoda Feb. 15, 1902 111* 96* O F Anson Davis/Tom Li/MHLW, Japan Sept. 6, 2012 Mar. 4, 2013 Y
51 Japan Japan Sukino Tamai Mar. 9, 1902 111* 74* O F Anson Davis/MHLW, Japan Sept. 7, 2012 Mar. 19, 2013 Y
52 Japan Japan Kitsuyo Yamamoto Mar. 12, 1902 111* 71* O F Anson Davis/MHLW, Japan Sept. 14, 2012 Apr. 23, 2013
53 France France Marguerite Conrad Mar. 15, 1902 111* 68* W F Martin Miet Apr. 10, 2012 Apr. 10, 2013 Y
54 Japan Japan Shin Hosono Mar. 19, 1902 111* 64* O F Anson Davis/MHLW, Japan Mar. 21, 2013 May 1, 2013
55 Italy France Alba Benatti-Togni Mar. 21, 1902 111* 62* W F Paolo Scarabaggio/Martin Miet Apr. 3, 2012 May 22, 2013 Y
56 U.S. (NH) Italy Marie-Josephine Gaudette Mar. 25, 1902 111* 58* W F Paolo Scarabaggio Mar. 30, 2012 Feb. 7, 2013 Y
57 Italy Italy Arturo Licata May 2, 1902 111* 20* W M Paolo Scarabaggio May 10, 2012 Nov. 13, 2012 Y
     Other Validated Living Supercentenarians (Unranked)  
  We have 3** supercentenarians on this list.
** The cases below have been validated by GRG but are not ranked due to the nature of receiving and processing older cases (111+) that usually eventually come in.
** Their appearance does not imply or confirm that they are the oldest of their geographic area, even if they actually are.
  Place of
Birthplace Residence Name Born Years Days R S Validated by Applic. Date Add Date Photo?
  Belgium Belgium Fanny Godin May 27, 1902 110* 360* W F Anthony Croes-Lacroix/Peter Vermaelen June 15, 2012 Oct. 31, 2012 Y
Japan Japan Masao Kaga June 1, 1902 110* 355* O M Anson Davis/MHLW, Japan Sept. 16, 2012 Feb. 28, 2013 Y
U.S. (PA) U.S. (PA) Ida Schlesinger Nov. 7, 1902 110* 196* W F Robert Young Nov. 27, 2012 Apr. 8, 2013 Y
  Recent Deaths for 2013 (in Chronological Order)  
  Place of
  Birthplace Death Name Born Died Years Days R S Validated by Applic. Date Add Date Photo?
U.S. (SC) U.S. (GA) Mamie Rearden Sept. 7, 1898 Jan. 2, 2013 114 117 B F Filipe Prista Lucas/Robert Young Sept. 16, 2009 Apr. 11, 2010 Y
  Germany U.S. (NY) Carl Berner Jan. 27, 1902 Jan. 7, 2013 110 346 W M Stefan Jamin/Mark Muir Mar. 2, 2012 Sept. 3, 2012 Y
Japan Japan Koto Okubo Dec. 24, 1897 Jan. 12, 2013 115 19 O F Anson Davis/MHLW, Japan Sept. 13, 2012 Sept. 14, 2012  
France France Eugenie Dauzat Dec. 6, 1900 Jan. 12, 2013 112 37 W F Luc Le Lay Feb. 15, 2011 Apr. 17, 2011 Y
U.S. (WI) U.S. (WI) Viola Knack Aug. 18, 1901 Jan. 17, 2013 111 152 W F Craig Carvalho Dec. 26, 2011 July 2, 2012 Y
U.S. (AL) U.S. (MI) Louisiana Hines Apr. 13, 1899 Feb. 1, 2013 113 294 B F Filipe Prista Lucas/Stefan Jamin/Mark Muir July 13, 2010 Jan. 22, 2013 Y
Italy Italy Cirilla Zenari-Sgrignoni Feb. 28, 1902 Feb. 2, 2013 110 340 W F Paolo Scarabaggio Mar. 7, 2012 Oct. 3, 2012 Y
Italy Italy Ernesta Pizzocri-Rinaldi Aug. 20, 1901 Feb. 6, 2013 111 170 W F Paolo Scarabaggio Aug. 23, 2011 Mar. 31, 2012 Y
Japan Japan Sou Osada Jan. 2, 1901 Feb. 9, 2013 112 38 O F Anson Davis/MHLW, Japan July 10, 2012 Aug. 2, 2012  
Germany Germany Elisabeth Schneider Aug. 19, 1901 Feb. 9, 2013 111 174 W F Stefan Jamin Aug. 20, 2011 Feb. 11, 2012 Y
Germany Germany Else Aßmann Feb. 18, 1902 Feb. 15, 2013 110 363 W F Stefan Jamin Nov. 24, 2012 May 4, 2013 Y
Italy Italy Rosa Frau-Cuga Aug. 12, 1901 Feb. 14, 2013 111 186 W F Paolo Scarabaggio Aug. 23, 2011 Feb. 25, 2012 Y
Japan Japan Terue Ashida   Sept. 20, 1899 Feb. 15, 2013 113 148 O F Stefan Gelow/MHLW, Japan Sept. 6, 2010 Nov. 20, 2010 Y
U.S. (OK) U.S. (TX) Effie Mae Caffee Feb. 11, 1902 Feb. 23, 2013 111 12 W F Mark Muir/Robert Young Feb. 13, 2012 Oct. 2, 2012 Y
England (UK) England (UK) Ellaline Redmond Mar. 20, 1901 Feb. 27, 2013 111 344 W F Melissa Page Apr. 13, 2011 Aug. 22, 2011 Y
Japan Japan Makaru Nakanishi Dec. 15, 1901 Feb. 28, 2013 111 75 O M Anson Davis/MHLW, Japan Sept. 14, 2012 Oct. 4, 2012  
Japan Japan Sumie Kawamura Feb. 8, 1902 Mar. 2, 2013 111 22 O F Anson Davis/Tom Li/MHLW, Japan Apr. 25, 2012 Feb. 13, 2013 Y
U.S. (PA) U.S. (FL) Elsie Thompson Apr. 5, 1899 Mar. 21, 2013 113 350 W F Filipe Prista Lucas Apr. 8, 2009 Oct. 15, 2009 Y
Italy Italy Maria Redaelli-Granoli Apr. 3, 1899 Apr. 2, 2013 113 364 W F Giovanni Alunni Apr. 20, 2009 May 9, 2009 Y
Japan Japan Masayo Ogawara Aug. 2, 1901 Apr. 2, 2013 111 243 O F Anson Davis/MHLW, Japan Dec. 3, 2011 Jan. 17, 2012  
France France Madeleine Mièze Apr. 28, 1901 Apr. 14, 2013 111 351 W F Luc Le Lay Apr. 29, 2011 Sept. 13, 2011 Y
U.S. (NE) U.S. (NE) Mable G. Ragan Feb. 1, 1901 Apr. 30, 2013 112 88 W F E. A. Kral/Steve Coles Feb. 7, 2011 May 26, 2011 Y
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  Limbo (No confirmation alive for more than one year; may actually be dead)  
Place of 
  Birthplace Residence Name Born Last Alive Years Days R S Validated by Applic. Date Add Date Photo?
Japan Japan Hatsu Hirai Aug. 15, 1898 fl. Sept. 17, 2009 111+ ? O F Stefan Gelow/MHLW, Japan Sept. 30, 2008 Nov. 1, 2008 Y
  Japan Japan Chiyoko Asato Sept. 20, 1898 fl. Sept. 20 2008 110+ ? O F D. Craig Willcox/MHW, Japan July 27, 2009 Sept. 20, 2009  
Japan Japan Ichi Ishida Jan. 15, 1899 fl. Dec. 1, 2011 112+ ? O F Stefan Gelow/MHLW, Japan Sept. 6, 2010 Oct. 30, 2010 Y
  Japan Japan Shigeno Nakamura Jan. 21, 1899 fl. Jan. 21, 2009 110+ ? O F Stefan Gelow/MHLW, Japan Jan. 22, 2009 Feb. 12, 2009 Y
  Japan Japan Hisashi Hayakawa Feb. 15, 1899 fl. Feb. 15, 2010 111+ ? O F Gabriel Ainsworth/MHLW, Japan Sept. 13, 2010 Nov. 8, 2010 Y
  Japan Japan Hatsuno Tanaka May 20, 1899 fl. Feb. 28, 2011 111+ ? O F Tom Li/MHLW, Japan Sept. 12, 2009 Oct. 16, 2009  
  Japan Japan Toku Yamaguchi May 24, 1899 fl. Sept. 21, 2009 110+ ? O F Tom Li/MHLW, Japan Sept. 21, 2009 Oct. 18, 2009  
  Japan Japan Toshi Higano June 19, 1899 fl. Oct. 1, 2011 112+ ? O F Stefan Gelow/MHLW, Japan Sept. 28, 2009 Oct. 20, 2009 Y
  Japan Japan Mitsuno Suzuki Aug. 23, 1899 fl. Mar. 1, 2010 110+ ? O F Tom Li/MHLW, Japan Sept. 7, 2009 Nov. 22, 2009  
  Japan Japan Kana Nagamine Nov. 13, 1899 fl. Sept. 1, 2010 110+ ? O F Michel Poulain/Stefan Gelow/MHLW, Japan Nov. 30, 2010 Feb. 11, 2011  
  Japan Japan Moyo Hasegawa Dec. 4, 1899 fl. July 1, 2010 110+ ? O F Stefan Gelow/MHLW, Japan Oct. 8, 2010 Dec. 29, 2010 Y
  Japan Japan Masa Hokama Jan. 18, 1900 fl. Sept. 1, 2012 112+ ? O F Michel Poulain/Anson Davis/MHLW, Japan June 14, 2012 July 11, 2012  
  Japan Japan Tome Tamura Jan. 30, 1900 fl. Sept. 13, 2011 111+ ? O F Stefan Gelow/MHLW, Japan Sept. 15, 2010 Jan. 6, 2011  
  Japan Japan Tsune Yoshida Jan. 30, 1900 fl. Sept. 1, 2010 110+ ? O F Stefan Gelow/MHLW, Japan Sept. 16, 2010 Jan. 17, 2011 Y
Japan Japan Shun Moshino Apr. 1, 1900 fl. Dec. 1, 2012 112+ ? O F Tom Li/MHLW, Japan Sept. 13, 2010 Jan. 23, 2011  
  Japan Japan Sunao Matsuda July 30, 1900 fl. Sept. 1, 2010 110+ ? O M Tim Green/MHLW, Japan Sept. 9, 2010 Jan. 24, 2011  
Japan Japan Sada Shinomori Aug. 25, 1901 fl. July 1, 2012 110+ ? O F Anson Davis/MHLW, Japan Dec. 26, 2011 Feb. 29, 2012  
Japan Japan Kinu Mori Sept. 1, 1901 fl. Nov. 30, 2012 111+ ? O F Tom Li/MHLW, Japan Sept. 20, 2011 Mar. 10, 2012  
  Japan Japan Kiku Okano Nov. 7, 1901 fl. Feb. 17, 2012 110+ ? O F Anson Davis/MHLW, Japan Nov. 8, 2011 Sept. 12, 2012  
 
  Unreported Deaths (Known dead; but death date unknown)
  Place of
  Birthplace Residence Name Born Last Alive Years Days R S Validated by Applic. Date Add Date Photo?
  Japan Japan Naka Morii Sept. 27, 1893 fl. Sept. 1, 2005 111+ ? O F MHLW, Japan/Ken Matsuoka Sept. 24, 2004
  Japan Japan Masa Osada Apr. 5, 1894 fl. Sept. 1, 2005 111+ ? O F MHLW, Japan/Ken Matsuoka Sept. 23, 2005
Japan Japan Kana Kiyan Aug. 20, 1895 fl. Sept. 1, 2005 110+ ? O F MHLW, Japan/Ken Matsuoka Oct. 29, 2005
  Japan Japan Tama Higuchi Oct. 15, 1895 fl. Sept. 15, 2006 110+ ? O F MHLW, Japan/Ken Matsuoka/Robert Young Sept. 17, 2006
  Japan Japan Yukino Matsuoka Jan. 2, 1896 fl. Sept. 15, 2006 110+ ? O F Ken Matsuoka/Robert Young/MHLW, Japan Oct. 15, 2006
Japan Japan Matsu Tsuru Feb. 25, 1896 fl. Jan. 1, 2008 111+ ? O F Ken Matsuoka/Robert Young/MHLW, Japan Nov. 9, 2006
Japan Japan Chisato Sato Mar. 1, 1896 fl. Jan. 1, 2008 111+ ? O F Ken Matsuoka/Robert Young/MHLW, Japan Nov. 17, 2006
  Japan Japan Katsuno Mizuno Mar. 31, 1896 fl. Sept. 15, 2006 110+ ? O F Ken Matsuoka/Robert Young/MHLW, Japan Jan. 22, 2007 Mar. 3, 2007
Japan Japan Hisako Sakai Oct. 9, 1896 fl. Mar. 1, 2007 110+ ? O F Hamish Todd/Ken Matsuoka/MHLW, Japan Aug. 10, 2007 Aug. 16, 2007
Japan Japan Take Ohtawara Dec. 23, 1896 fl. Sept. 15, 2007 110+ ? O F Hamish Todd/Ken Matsuoka/MHLW, Japan Dec. 17, 2007 Jan. 17, 2008
  Japan Japan Yoshie Hattori Dec. 27, 1896 fl. Sept. 15, 2007 110+ ? O F Hamish Todd/Ken Matsuoka/Stefan Gelow/MHLW Jan. 2, 2008 Jan. 24, 2008
Japan Japan Sote Toshima Jan. 26, 1897 fl. Apr. 16, 2008 111+ ? O F Hamish Todd/Ken Matsuoka/MHLW, Japan Sept. 10, 2007 Sept. 29, 2007
Japan Japan Mineno Yamamoto Apr. 8, 1897 fl. Sept. 12, 2009 112+ ? O F Hamish Todd/Stefan Gelow/MHLW, Japan Oct. 18, 2008 Dec. 12, 2008  
  Japan Japan Natsuyo Abe July 25, 1897 fl. Sept. 30, 2007 110+ ? O F Hamish Todd/Ken Matsuoka/MHLW, Japan Jan. 1, 2008 Jan. 26, 2008  
Japan Japan Gozei Higa Oct. 10, 1897 fl. Dec. 1, 2009 112+ ? O F Hamish Todd/MHLW, Japan Jan. 24, 2008 Feb. 17, 2008
  Japan Japan Toshi Horiya Nov. 8, 1897 fl. Feb. 1, 2011 113+ ? O F Stefan Gelow/MHLW, Japan Sept. 22, 2008 Oct. 27, 2008 Y
Japan Japan Fumi Nonaka Jan. 7, 1898 fl. Jan. 7, 2009 111+ ? O F Stefan Gelow/Tom Li/MHLW, Japan Sept. 7, 2008 Oct. 13, 2008  
Japan Japan Yuki Migita Mar. 4, 1898 fl. Oct. 1, 2008 110+ ? O F Stefan Gelow/MHLW, Japan Oct. 3, 2008 Nov. 3, 2008 Y
  Japan Japan Tsuru Kobayashi Aug. 23, 1900 fl. Jan. 1, 2011 110+ ? O F Tim Green/MHLW, Japan Sept. 15, 2010 Feb. 16, 2011  
  Notes
1 The age given is as of the last update.
It is possible some people may have died, but no case should be more than one year out of date.
If an individual has not been confirmed living in the past year,
they are removed from the list, even if their death has not been reported.
2 The total number Supercentenarians that we have cited above has been frequently been
misconstrued in the news media as representing every single person in the world aged 110 
and over.  The actual estimated number of worldwide living Supercentenarians is more likely
to be between [300 - 450] persons.  For the USA, we predict something like [60 - 75]
Supercentenarians.  While the total number of validated cases cited above is only about ten percent 
of the suspected real-world total, it should also be noted that the bulk of the true Supecentenarians
actually fall between [110 - 113] years old; hardly any ever survive to live past 115.  {Our estimate
of [300 - 450] persons is based on a survival percentage of centenarians-to-age-110 to be 
between [0.15 - 0.25] percent.}
It should be noted that a significant majority of worldwide claimants to be age 110-or-over
have subsequently been proven to be false; these individuals and more often their family
or friends have their own personal motives for claiming these persons and, we are sad to report,
are occasionally disingenuous (not well-intentioned).
We believe that the increasing number of true cases that we have observed during   
the last 30 years are the result of at least two factors:
(1) the diligence of our own committee members throughout the world who deserve much 
of the credit; and
(2) far more persons are reaching 110 than ever before. That is, people who were dying
at [105 - 109] are now reaching [110 - 113] years of age.
Please note that the SSA data show that both of these reasons are major factors,
and that it would be incorrect to ascribe all of the increase to an actual increase in
longevity or all of the increase due to better record-keeping.  Coming in the next few
months, an SSA Report, along with our own historical databases, will better show
how much of the increase can be ascribed to each of these two factors.
Finally, there is no statistical evidence to support the hypothesis that the absolute
number of Supercentenarians is increasing as a percentage of the total population,
although there is some evidence from animal studies that a reduction in the force of
evolution after age 90 changes our mortality from an exponentially-increasing rate to
a constant rate in the oldest old.  This has become an important area of research in
biodemography, and the answers are not in yet.
3 To Our Readers: Do you know of someone aged 110 or older currently living who 
is not on this list, but has the documents to prove it?
In this case, please contact one of our three Supercentenarian Claims Investigators:
Mr. Robert Young of Atlanta, GA at robertdouglasyoung@yahoo.com
Mr. Louis Epstein of New York at le@main.put.com
Mr. Filipe Prista Lucas of Portugal at fprista@hotmail.com
4 Click Related Websites:
http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/Worlds_Oldest_People
Note: To Join this Group, copy and paste this link into your browser before hand.
http://www.recordholders.org/en/list/oldest.html
The New England Centenarian Study
5 To Journalists: Are you doing a story on someone aged 110 or over and would like some
questions answered as to their rank among the oldest and/or their respective status?
Then feel free to contact one of the above investigators who can help you
or Dr. L. Stephen Coles, M.D., Ph.D., Executive Director of the Los Angeles Gerontology
Research Group at E-mail: scoles@grg.org; Voice: 310-400-7352; or
  Cell: 310-892-9120.
6 Color Codes: Green = Oriental; Blue = Caucasian; 
7 R = Race: W = White; B = Black; H = Hispanic; O = Oriental;
                     I = Indian; M = Multiracial; U = Unknown
8 S = Sex (Gender): M = Male; F = Female
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