A mountain village in central Sardinia has one of the highest rates of female longevity in the world, according to a study reported by The Guardian.
Researchers from the University of Sassari and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, writing in the journal Frontiers in Aging, found that 13.8% of women in Bolotana who reach 70 go on to live to 100. That puts the village of about 2,266 people second globally for female longevity, behind Hong Kong, and could make it a candidate to become a new "blue zone".
Bolotana currently has six female centenarians, while its last male centenarian died in July. Archive research by a local cultural group found that 38 people born there between 1900 and 1925 lived past 100. Scientists are now studying family trees for genetic clues, alongside diet, activity and social ties.
Source: The Guardian