Sunday, July 19, 2009

THREE CENTURY MAN

I have begin to wonder just exactly how many people on the earth are alive today who lived in three centuries.

I questioned because of the obituary of a 114 year old man who just died. I suspect in the next year the last of the Three Century people will pass from the scene.

I just think that's something to consider.

3 comments:

rbb said...

It's starting to get crowded in the 100-year-olds' club.

Once virtually nonexistent, the world's population of centenarians is projected to reach nearly 6 million by midcentury. That's pushing the median age toward 50 in many developed nations and challenging views of what it means to be old and middle-age.

The number of centenarians already has jumped from an estimated few thousand in 1950 to more than 340,000 worldwide today, with the highest concentrations in the U.S. and Japan, according to the latest Census Bureau figures. Their numbers are projected to grow at more than 20 times the rates of the total population by 2050, making them the fastest growing age segment.

http://townhall.com/news/us/2009/07/20/starting_to_get_crowded_in_100-year-olds_club

Anonymous said...

there's always Methuselah.

Dr. Barry L. Kolb said...

Quite honestly when I was a "kid" living into the 2000s seemed like an unreal thing...and now here I am. 2 Centuries seems like enough...at least today it does!