BRAZIL: Over 11,000 Seniors Are Aged Above 100

RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (Xinhua), December 21, 2007: 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. Editor: Du Guodong Copyright ©2003 Xinhua News Agency.