Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 126, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 1917 — Where They Live Long. [ARTICLE]

Where They Live Long.

Serbia, according to statistics printed In England, Is particularly the country of centenarians. In that land one man In every 2.260 has lived to be one hundred years old, the total male centenarian population of Serbia being 575. Ireland ranks next In the longevity list. In the Emerald Isle out of every 8,180 of population there Is one centenarian, the total number of centenarians being 587. Out of every 43,000 Spaniards there Is a centenarian. Norway has 23 centenarians, or one In about 90,000. England, Scotland and Wales have about one centenarian to every 177,000 of population. France has 218 centenarians, or one In 187,750. Sweden ranks seventh, with 20 only, or one In 250,000. Germany has one in 702,000. Denmark only claims two, or lesS than one to 1,000,000 of Its population, and Switzerland, with Its reputed healthiness, seems not to possess a single centenarian. —New York Times.