Pneumonia and frailty are more likely to be the cause of death among people aged 100 and older, rather than chronic conditions such as cancer or heart disease. [s]Medicinenet[/s] reports that these findings are base on data on centenarian deaths in England between 2001 and 2010. Worldwide, the number of centenarians isexpected to reach 3.2m by 2050 and palliative care researcher Catherine Evans and colleagues from [b]King’s College London[/b] say: ‘The rising number of people over 100 years of age, and the need to care for them, indicates an urgent need to ensure adequate long-term care and responsive community care services to support people living with extreme longevity.’
[link url=http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=178847]Full Medicinenet report[/link]
[link url=http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1001653]PLOS Medicine abstract[/link]