In Japan, the oldest man in the world died: how old was he

Japanese woman Kane Tanaka, who was the oldest person in the world, has died at the age of 119 years and 107 days. Tanaka was born on January 2, 1903 and died on April 19.

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According to the Guinness Book of World Records, Tanaka became the oldest person in the world on January 30, 2019 at the age of 116 years and 28 days. She held the title for three years.

Japanese woman survived cancer twice and worked in family shop until she was 103. She married at 19 and gave birth to four children, and she adopted one more. Recently, the woman was often sick and visited the hospital.

After Tanaka’s death, Guinness World Records confirmed that Lucille Randon is the oldest living person in the world., also known as Sister Andre from France, who is 118 years and 73 days old. She is also the oldest person to survive a COVID-19 infection, Live Science reports.

Why do some people live so long

It is believed that human life expectancy depends on genetics, environment and lifestyle. Scientists have studied centenarians (people who live to be 100 years old) and “super-centenarians” (people who live to be 110 or older) to better understand the factors that increase life expectancy.

Some scientists suggest that lifestyle factors, including diet and exercise, play an important role in the first 80 years of lifeafter which genetic factors become increasingly important in maintaining a person’s health as they age.

Genetic variants that have been associated with increased lifespan include those in the ABO, CDKN2B, APOE, and SH2B3 genes. It was found that these variants are more common in centenarians than in people with an average life expectancy.