Reaching 100 in the Countryside: Health Profile and Living Circumstances of Portuguese Centenarians from the Beira Interior Region

Table 1

Sociodemographic profile of the Beira Interior Portuguese centenarians ( = 101) by sex.

		Male	Female	Total	p
Sex	Female	14 (13.9%)	87 (86.1%)	101
Age (in years)					0.576
	Mean (±SD)	100.93 ± 1.439	101.17 ± 1.519	101.14 ± 1.504
	Median	100.50	101	101
	Range (min/max)	100–105	100–108	100–108
Marital status	Never married	0	6 (6.9%)	6 (5.9%)	0.018
	Married	2 (14.3%)	1 (1.1%)	3 (3%)
	Widowed	12 (85.7%)	80 (92%)	92 (91.1%)
Did you attend school?	No	5 (35.7%)	42 (48.3%)	47 (46.5%)	0.617
	No, but can read and write	1 (7.1%)	6 (6.9%)	7 (6.9%)
	Yes	8 (57,1%)	37 (42.5%)	45 (44.6%)
	N/A	-	2 (2.3%)	2 (2%)
Years of education					0.044
	Mean (±SD)	2.46 (± 2.757)	1.28 (± 1.775)	1.45 (± 1.969)
	Median	3	0	0
	Range (min/max)	0/9	0/7	0/9
Type of accommodation	House/flat	8 (57.1%)	39 (44.8%)	47 (46.6%)	0.637
	Nursing home	5 (35.7%)	45 (51.7%)	50 (49.5%)
	Other	1 (7.1%)	3 (3.4%)	4 (4%)
Residence outside Portugal	No	9 (64.3%)	77 (88.5%)	86 (85.1%)	0.033
	Yes	5 (35.7%)	10 (11.5%)	15 (14.9%)