ArticleAging clinical and experimental research2023
Centenarians: who are they? A description of the total Swedish centenarian population in terms of living arrangements, health, and care utilization.
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- Preserved cognitive-functional phenotype in centenarians and its association with modifiable risk factors for dementia: Results from the Colombian centenarians project.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Article
- Swedish centenarian health - a nationwide, observational study on care utilization, drug use, morbidity, and mortality among Swedish centenarians in 1990 to 2022.BMC geriatrics · 2025Observational
- Machine learning prediction of survival in centenarians after age 100: a retrospective, population-based cohort study.The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences · 2025Article
- Do people reach 100 by surviving, delaying, or avoiding diseases? A life course comparison of centenarians and non-centenarians from the same birth cohorts.GeroScience · 2025Article
- Functional outcomes following injury in centenarians: a nationwide retrospective observational study.World journal of emergency surgery : WJES · 2025Observational
- Trends and characteristics of hospitalisation and mortality among centenarians in old-age homes and communities: a territory-wide study in Hong Kong, 2012-2021.BMJ public health · 2025Article
- Health Trajectories of Independent and Dependent Centenarians: A Swedish Nationwide Cohort Study.Innovation in aging · 2025Article
- Gut microbiota in centenarians: A potential metabolic and aging regulator in the study of extreme longevity.Aging medicine (Milton (N.S.W)) · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundThe global centenarian population has doubled each decade and is expected to continue growing. However, information regarding how they live, their health status, and care needs is limited.
aimsThis study aims to describe the total Swedish centenarian population in terms of health status, living arrangements, and socio-demographic characteristics.
methodsThis nationwide register-based study included all Swedish people reaching age 100 between 2013 and 2018. We analyzed their socio-demographic characteristics, living arrangements, number of prescribed drugs, and health status. Moreover, their care transitions from age 100 and two years forward were described.
resultsOf 5,882 centenarians (80.7% women), only 15.0% lived at home without formal care and 24.5% cohabited on their 100th birthday. Men (22.7%) were more likely than women (13.2%) to live at home without care. Approximately half of the centenarians lived in care homes, with fewer men (41.0%) than women (54.0%). Around 66.6% had a child living within the 50 km range. Most (76.5%) had an income below the median for Swedish older adults. Almost none were free from drugs, and polypharmacy was common (65.3%). Over half had at least one morbidity. Two years later, only 4.3% lived at home without care, and 63.9% died.
conclusionSweden's centenarian population is highly dependent on home care and care homes. Among the ones still living at home, the vast majority live alone and have low incomes. Strategies to manage health and social care demands of this growing population group in the coming decade are important.
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