81% of Americans 100 or Older Are Women

There is a vast inequality among people who live past their hundredth birthday, according to newly published data from the Census Bureau.

Eighty-one percent of the Americans 100 years old and older during the five-year period covered in the Census Bureau’s report (2007-2011) were women, while only 19 percent were men.

The total number of centenarians, the Census Bureau reports, was 54,956, including 44,644 women and 10,312 men.

The centenarians tended to share another characteristic besides their age and sex: Very few were divorced.

Eighty-two percent of the centenarians were widowed, 6 percent were still married, 0.4 percent were separated, and 7 percent had never married. Only 4 percent were divorced.

Source: CNS and Starlight Caregivers

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