TY - BOOK AU - Meslé,France AU - Vallin,Jacques AU - Camarda,Carlo-Giovanni AU - Caporali,Arianna AU - Poniakina,Svitlana AU - Toussaint,Laurent AU - Robine,Jean-Marie TI - Living beyond age 105: When the improbable becomes reality PY - 2024///. N1 - 63 N2 - Deaths at very advanced ages have increased considerably in the last two decades. The exact number of such deaths documented in the International Database on Longevity IDL is established only after a strict age validation process. The vast majority of people who attain these exceptional ages are women. Supercentenarians (aged 110 or above) are over-represented in Guadeloupe and Martinique UR - https://shs.cairn.info/journal-population-and-societies-2024-4-page-1?lang=en&redirect-ssocas=7080 ER -