World's oldest woman / man

[damian]

Originally Posted by llewtrah

More than 230,000 Japanese centenarians 'missing'

So the claims that Japan has the highest life expectancy are possibly rubbish.

Originally Posted by snopes

Jiroemon Kimura, already the world's oldest man, is now the world's oldest person after Dina Manfredini of Johnston, Iowa died on December 17 at the age of 115.

It is also claimed he is the oldest man ever.

[ganzfeld]

Originally Posted by damian

So the claims that Japan has the highest life expectancy are possibly rubbish.

Anything's possible but it's highly unlikely because those registries have absolutely nothing to do with how life expectancy is computed. (I'm pretty sure Japanese life insurance companies aren't counting on some people living to 150 based on the fact that a few family registries haven't been updated.)

[snopes]

A Japanese official says a woman in his town near Tokyo who became world's oldest living female just last month has died at 115.

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2013/01...-115-in-japan/

[Furienna]

Obviously, another Japanese woman has had a 115th birthday. Her name is Misao Okawa.

[Richard W]

Only a couple of years until the last person born in the 19th century dies.

It's quite amazing that there are still people alive who were born in the 19th century, really.

[Furienna]

I think it's quite amazing enough, that one of my grandfather's cousins is still alive. She will turn 102 in April.

[snopes]

The oldest person in the United States has died at age 113, just weeks before her 114th birthday.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...-dies/2043603/

[Richard W]

So the last person to be born in the 19th century would have been born on December 31st 1899, and will therefore be 114 years old on December 31st 2013. They will currently be 113 years old. (I'm going against the idea that the 19th century ended on December 31st 1900. Little Dennis made a mistake by not including a Year Zero, to me).

How many people are 113 years old at the moment? How many people are 112 years old, if you think that 1900 should be part of the 19th century?

[snopes]

Originally Posted by Richard W

How many people are 113 years old at the moment?

15, apparently:

http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM

[Furienna]

Oh my, two Japanese are 115 years old!

[snopes]

A woman in our area just turned 108:

http://www.vcstar.com/news/2013/mar/...ola-turns-108/

[Richard W]

Originally Posted by snopes

15, apparently:

http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM

Cool, that's an excellent list.

Only 11 of those were born in or before 1899, which is what I was trying to ask. 23 people if you prefer to go with 1900. Not many, at any rate.

(eta) If you look at this page there's one other woman born in 1899, and another in 1900, who they've not managed to validate yet.

[snopes]

The world's oldest living man is marking his 116th birthday and says he still gets up early and reads the newspaper each day.

http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2013/04/...1461366389593/