Survey of 160 Centenarians in Shanghai

Abstract

One hundred and sixty centenarians were discovered and followed up for 7 years (1982-88) in Shanghai. The proportion of centenarians in the population was non-significantly greater in the urban than in the rural area and centenarians were in general increasing in both areas over the years. The factors promoting longevity were good medical care and benevolent attention from family members. Autopsy was performed in eight centenarians revealing the main causes of death as pneumonia and cancer.

Physical, Mental, and Cognitive Function in a Convenience Sample of Centenarians in Australia

“…16 For example, in a survey of 160 centenarians in China, 95% of whom were living in the community, a high proportion (45%) had scores on the Katz ADL indicating full function (score of 6). 19 In comparison, only 20% of centenarians in the current study scored 6 on the Katz ADL.…”

Living longer — but better?

“…Centenarian studies may give us some information on how human beings are living when they are living longer (30,52,59,62,63,(87)(88)(89)(90)(91)(92)(93)(94)(95)(96)(97)(98). However, knowledge of how they survived to an age of 100 years is very scanty.…”

Nonagenarians and Centenarians in a Rural Han Chinese Population: LifeStyle and Epidemics

“…Reports of the ages of the oldest Han Chinese people have been proved to be convincing 1 . Until now, many surveys of lifestyle and epidemics in nonagenarians and centenarians have been conducted in cities, such as Shanghai, and a few rural regions where minorities live 2,3 . Little information about lifestyle and epidemics is available in a long‐lived rural Han Chinese population.…”