Supercentenarians around the world

From CSMonitor:

"For the first time, an international research team has tracked down the oldest people in the world – a group they call “supercentenarians.” These are people who celebrated 110 birthdays or more.

The study, by the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research in Rostock, Germany, was prompted by the rising numbers of centenarians worldwide. Researchers in 15 nations have found more than 600 supercentenarians – and 19 lived beyond the age of 115. As with centenarians, women by far outnumbered men.

Here are the top five countries with the most supercentenarians.

1. United States

It is estimated that there are more than 400 people in the United States who are older than 110 years old, which is the benchmark for being a supercentenarian. But the study could only verify 341 supercentenarians. In the U.S., nine out of 10 supercentenarians are women, 15 percent are African American and the top three states where confirmed supercentenarians were born are New York, Texas, and Pennsylvania, respectively. (Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research)"

We're number #1 (of course.)

I will be a supercentenarian.

That is all.