[Xinhua News Agency Micro-feature]Data released by Japan’s Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare on the 15th showed that the number of centenarians in Japan has hit a new high for 53 consecutive years, exceeding 92,000.
As of the 15th, there were 92,139 people in Japan who were over 100 years old, an increase of 1,613 from last year. Among centenarians, 81,589 are women, accounting for 88.5%; there are 10,550 men.
The oldest living person in Japan is a lady surnamed Sundan, who is 116 years old and lives in Kashiwara City, Osaka Prefecture. The oldest male is named Gisaburo Yabe, who is 111 years old and lives in Tateyama City, Chiba Prefecture.
Nationally, Japan has 73.74 centenarians per 100,000 people. Shimane Prefecture has been the region with the highest proportion of centenarians for 11 consecutive years, with 155.17 people per 100,000 people; Saitama Prefecture has the lowest ratio, at 44.79 people.
The data also shows that in 2022, the average life expectancy of Japanese women will be 87.09 years old and that of men will be 81.05 years old, declining for two consecutive years. The Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare believes that this is related to the new crown epidemic.
Japan started this survey in 1963, when there were only 153 centenarians in Japan. With the improvement of medical and nursing standards, the number of centenarians in Japan has increased year by year, exceeding 1,000 in 1981, more than 10,000 in 1998, and more than 90,000 last year. According to the 2020 Japanese census, there were 406 centenarians still working that year. (End) (Jiang Qiaomei)
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2023-09-15 13:19:00
