Centenarians Today: New Insights on Selection from the 5-COOP Study

Table 1

Number of centenarians (100+) in 2006 and 10-year increase by sex: Denmark, France, Japan, Sweden, and Switzerland.

Number of centenarians (100 and over)				10-Year increase
Country	Males	Females	Sex-ratio	Males	Females
Japan	3906	23236	5.9	3.0	4.5
France	1532	10941	7.1	2.3	2.0
Switzerland	155	821	5.3	1.9	1.9
Sweden	194	1115	5.7	1.4	1.7
Denmark	99	581	5.9	1.3	1.7