The problem of preservation of health in the aging process is important both for a specific individ ual and for society as a whole, it is necessary to clarify how the state of health depends on lifestyle and envi ronmental factors, such as, financial security, involvement of social services, and health authorities. Due to the number of peculiarities of longevity the need to examine the socio demographic and medical character istics of the population strongly emerged. The paper presents an analysis of the results of 12864 question naires of long livers of Moscow, received from 108 clinics. We examined age and sex structure of long livers, their ability to self service, the distribution according to disability, living (in the family, alone, or in institu tions), and utilization of social assistance, depending on age, sex, and residence. Results from the analysis can be a landmark when planning profile hospital beds in geriatric hospitals, organizations of centers for social assistance, and geriatric offices in clinics.'

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