厚労省、１００歳以上高齢者数を訂正

　厚生労働省は１８日、全国の１００歳以上の高齢者数が１３日に公表した７万１２３８人ではなく７万１２７４人だったと訂正した。島根県が６７９人（男性８０人、女性５９９人）としていた人数を７１５人（男性８１人、女性６３４人）に訂正したため。同県浜田市が「１００歳以上」ではなく、「１００歳」の人数を報告していたという。
　これに伴い、全国の人口１０万人当たりの１００歳以上の人数は５６．３７人（訂正前５６．３４人）となった。都道府県別では３位だった島根が１０５．１５人（同９９．８５人）と７年連続で全国最多となり、高知と鹿児島がそれぞれ２位と３位に繰り下がった。（2019/09/18-19:00）

Japan's Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare corrected on Wednesday the number of centenarians in the country to 71,274.
   On Friday, the ministry said the number of people aged 100 or over was expected to total 71,238 as of Sunday.
   The correction came after the government of Shimane Prefecture, western Japan, revised up the number of centenarians there to 715 from 679. The revision was because the city of Hamada in Shimane had reported the number of people aged 100, not those aged 100 or over.
   After the correction, the number of centenarians per 100,000 people nationwide stood at 56.37, up slightly from 56.34. Shimane logged the highest centenarian rate among the country's 47 prefectures for seven years in a row, at 105.15. Before the correction, Shimane ranked third, at 99.85.
   The western prefecture of Kochi and the southwestern prefecture of Kagoshima slipped to second from top and to third from second, respectively, due to the correction.