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1. briandw · 1789687281 · focus · HN ↗

   The secret to extreme long life is bad record keeping.

   1. globular-toast · 1789711509 · focus · HN ↗

      If it's all just fraud, why are 88% of them women? Is there any reason fraudsters would overwhelmingly claim for women?

      1. consonaut · 1789712958 · focus · HN ↗

         To be 100 years or older you would have been born in 1926 or before. Meaning you turned 18 in 1944 or before. Maybe something happened in Japan that killed of a large percentage of young adult males around that time?

         1. globular-toast · 1789713884 · focus · HN ↗

            Well, exactly, but this lends credence to the numbers being somewhat accurate. If there were almost as many male centenarians then it could probably be attributed to bad record keeping.

            1. AntiqueFig · 1789715257 · focus · HN ↗

               Also women tends to live longer, thus even if the records were for example 5 years wrong, there would still be more 95 years old women than men.

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