Brazil Has Over 11,000
Seniors Aged Above 100
Brazil has a total of
11,422 people aged 100
or above, according to a
study released by the
Brazilian Geography and
Statistics Institute (IBGE)
on Friday.
Those citizens mainly
live in cities of
northeastern Brazil, the
study showed. Fifteen of
the 20 cities with the
largest centennial
populations are located
in the region.
The northeastern city of
Bahia tops the list with
1,877 citizens who were
born at the end of the
19th century or in the
beginning of the 20th
century.
According to the study,
7,950 of the citizens
aged 100 or above are
women, more than double
the number for men.
The study was carried
out in cities with less
than 170,000
inhabitants, which
represent 97 percent of
all Brazilian
municipalities. The
country's metropolitan
regions were not
included, said the IBGE.
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