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Description of extreme longevity in the Balearic Islands: Exploring a potential Blue Zone in Menorca, Spain

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Soriano, Joan B. [Fundación Caubet-Cimera Illes Balears, Bunyola, Spain] Poulain, Michel [UCL] Grinberg, Daniel [Department of Genetics, Facultat de Biologia, CIBERER, IBUB, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain] Balcells, Susana [Department of Genetics, Facultat de Biologia, CIBERER, IBUB, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain] Busquets, Xavier [Laboratory of Cell Biology, Department of Biology, University of the Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain] Fernández Vázquez, Sara [Institut d'Estadística de les Illes Balears (IBESTAT), Palma de Mallorca, Spain]

Aim: We aimed to determine whether there was a Blue Zone, an area characterized by extreme longevity, in Menorca, Spain. Methods: We explored official statistics of the Balearic Islands, Spain, and calculated life expectancy from 1991 to 2009, by sex and island, among other demographic estimators. Results: The life expectancy at birth in Menorca reached a peak in 2007 with 82.3 years, but since 2001 in females and 2007 in males, it plateaued and then descended. The percentage of centenarians in Es Migjorn Gran was 0.17% in 2001, only because of the 0.33% male contribution, and it returned to within the average Balearic rates. There is no record of any other surviving centenarian after 2006 in Es Migjorn Gran. Results obtained with other demographic indices are confirmatory. Conclusions: It appears there was no extreme longevity or Blue Zone in Es Migjorn Gran and the surrounding villages in Menorca. Geriatr Gerontol Int 2014; 14: 620-627. © 2013 Japan Geriatrics Society.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2014
Language Anglais
Journal information "Geriatrics & Gerontology International" - Vol. 14, no. 3, p. 620-627 (2014)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Asia
e-issn 1447-0594
issn 1444-1586
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - SSH/IACS - Institute of Analysis of Change in Contemporary and Historical Societies
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Bibliographic reference Soriano, Joan B. ; Poulain, Michel ; Grinberg, Daniel ; Balcells, Susana ; Busquets, Xavier ; et. al. Description of extreme longevity in the Balearic Islands: Exploring a potential Blue Zone in Menorca, Spain. In: Geriatrics & Gerontology International, Vol. 14, no. 3, p. 620-627 (2014)
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