Number of people in UK older than 105 more than doubled since 2002

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Data shows 13,170 centenarians in UK with five times more women of this age than men

They lived through the great depression, the second world war, the creation of the NHS and the social and civic transformation of the 1960s – and are still going strong, according to data showing that the number of people in the UK who are older than 105 has more than doubled since 2002, with five times more women of this age alive compared to men.

The number of centenarians is now 13,170, according to the statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS): almost 73% more than in 2002, when it was 7,630.

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