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Longevity claims are unsubstantiated cases of asserted human longevity. Those asserting lifespans of 110 years or more are referred to as supercentenarians . Many have either no official verification or are backed only by partial evidence.
JurÅjin, the Japanese god of longevity, one of the Seven Lucky Gods. Longevity myths are traditions about long-lived people (generally supercentenarians), either as individuals or groups of people, and practices that have been believed to confer longevity, but which current scientific evidence does not support, nor the reasons for the claims.
Claims under 130 years are listed under Category:Longevity claims. An essay appearing in many editions of Guinness World Records in the 1980s lists four categories of recent claims: "In late life, very old people often tend to advance their ages at the rate of about 17 years per decade .... Several celebrated super-centenarians (over 110 years ...
The Gerontology Research Group (GRG) based in Los Angeles, California, US, is a global non-profit scientific organization of researchers in various fields of gerontology, primarily concerned with validating the ages of, recording and researching supercentenarians (people who are at least 110 years old).
As of January 2015, the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims of 782 American supercentenarians. [1] [needs update] As of February 26, 2025, it lists the oldest living American as Naomi Whitehead (born in Georgia on September 26, 1910, and now residing in Greenville, Pennsylvania), aged 114 years, 153 days. [2]
U.S. counties (and county equivalents) with longest life expectancy from birth: 2014 and 1980 County and state 2014 life expectancy (years) [5] 1980 life expectancy (years) [5]
By January 2015 the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims of more than 600 European supercentenarians. [3] The oldest European and the world's oldest person ever recorded was Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment, who lived to the age of 122 years and 164 days. This has been disputed by some researchers.
Longevity claims are claims to extreme longevity (usually 110 or older) that either cannot be verified, or for which only inconclusive evidence is available, but for which a slight possibility exists that they could be true or partially true (for example, if someone claimed to be 118 but turned out to be 114).