Thread:Richard Monkey/@comment-258494-20160321160448

Greetings,

In my Typologies of extreme longevity myths paper, my research showed that, in the USA, claims to 110 were validated at a rate of about 35%, but by age 115, only 1-2% were validated.

We need to distinguish between cases where, for example, someone just turned 110, died six days later, and didn't have their paperwork sent in yet (too young to even have the case submitted), and claims that have gone through the long process of potential validation for 5+ years and still, five years later, don't even have a pending case.

Longevity claims doesn't mean that the case is false. By definition, a small percentage may turn out to be true.Ryoung122 (talk) 16:04, March 21, 2016 (UTC) 