2022.09.16 13:57Nation

１００歳以上、初の９万人超え　５２年連続増、女性８８％―厚労省

　厚生労働省は１６日、全国の１００歳以上の高齢者が「敬老の日」を控えた１５日時点で９万５２６人に上り、初めて９万人を超えたと発表した。住民基本台帳に基づく集計で、昨年より４０１６人多く、５２年連続で過去最多を更新。女性が８万１６１人と８８．６％を占めた。
　１００歳以上の高齢者は、統計を取り始めた１９６３年は１５３人だったが、８１年に１０００人、９８年に１万人を突破し、２０１２年には５万人を超えた。厚労省の担当者は「医療や介護の充実で１００歳以上の高齢者は増えているが、伸び率は落ち着いてきている」と分析している。（2022/09/16-13:57）

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2022.09.16 13:57Nation

Centenarians in Japan Top 90,000 for 1st Time

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The number of centenarians in Japan totaled 90,526 as of Thursday, exceeding 90,000 for the first time on record, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare said Friday.
   The figure, based on basic resident register data, rose by 4,016 from a year before, hitting a record high for 52 years in a row, the ministry said ahead of the Respect for the Aged Day on Monday.
   Female centenarians numbered 80,161, accounting for 88.6 pct of the total.
   Japan had only 153 centenarians in 1963, when the statistics started. The number topped 1,000 in 1981, 10,000 in 1998 and 50,000 in 2012.
   "Elderly people aged 100 or over are increasing thanks to improved medical and elderly care, but the pace of growth is slowing," a ministry official said.