国产精品99一区二区三_免费中文日韩_国产在线精品一区二区_日本成人手机在线

Number of centenarians in Japan reaches record high in September

Source: Xinhua| 2018-09-14 21:38:07|Editor: xuxin
Video PlayerClose

TOKYO, Sept. 14 (Xinhua) -- The number of centenarians in Japan reached a record high as of September, owing to growing health awareness and advances made in medical fields, the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry said on Friday.

According to the ministry, as of September, the number of centenarians here stood at 69,785 with 88.1 percent of them being women.

The figure has risen for the 48th straight year, the ministry said, with the latest figure a 2,014-person increase from the previous year.

"We will continue to make efforts so that the elderly can stay healthy for a longer period of time," an official of the Health, Labor and Welfare Ministry was quoted as telling local media.

The ministry said the number of male centenarians totaled 8,331, 139 more than a year earlier, while females stood at 61,454, up 1,875 from the previous year.

The National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, meanwhile, has estimated that the centenarian population could continue to rise and surpass 100,000 in five years and 170,000 in 10 years.

The institute projected in 2017 that life expectancy in Japan was 81.09 years for men and 87.26 years for women.

Japan's oldest living male and Guinness World Record holder is Masazo Nonaka. Nonaka is 113-years-old and lives in a town in northern Hokkaido prefecture.

The country's oldest living female is Kane Tanaka. Tanaka, 115, resides in the city of Fukuoka in southwestern Japan.

The latest tally has revealed that the largest number of centenarians live in Tokyo at 5,973. Kanagawa and Osaka prefectures comprise the second and third largest concentrations of centenarians.

TOP STORIES
EDITOR’S CHOICE
MOST VIEWED
EXPLORE XINHUANET
010020070750000000000000011100001374682831
主站蜘蛛池模板: 祥云县| 张家口市| 东山县| 福清市| 汤原县| 揭东县| 宜兴市| 信丰县| 山阳县| 社旗县| 呼图壁县| 钦州市| 连南| 桂阳县| 临夏县| 吉木萨尔县| 石柱| 阜宁县| 建宁县| 丹东市| 穆棱市| 利川市| 义马市| 宜城市| 民权县| 孙吴县| 九龙城区| 仲巴县| 云阳县| 贵阳市| 贡觉县| 宁化县| 东山县| 略阳县| 石门县| 牟定县| 枣阳市| 崇州市| 麻阳| 扶余县| 壤塘县|