"Genetic and environmental factors of longevity"
supported by:
Ministry of Science and Information Society Technologies
(State Committee for Scientific Research )
(KBN) grant PBZ-KBN-022/PO5/1999


coordinated by:
International Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology in Warsaw


Centenarians in Poland
NATIONAL CENSUS OF POPULATION AND HOUSING 2002
POPULATION PROJECTION OF POLAND 2003-2030

Central Statistical Office of Poland (GUS)


Number of centenarians:

Year Total men woman city village
2002 1541 326 1215 998 543
2030 9218 904 8314 6350 2868


Study group:
Total/ F/ M
• Patients visited 400/319/81
confirmed age 344/295/49
• Age range: 100-108
• Median age: 100.8 years
• Patients were visited at home
•Timeframe of the project: May 2002- December 2004