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Editorial
. 2023 May;71(5):1362-1364.
doi: 10.1111/jgs.18282. Epub 2023 Feb 21.

Successful aging and its subtypes in centenarians: The Chinese experience

Thomas Perls  1
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Editorial

Successful aging and its subtypes in centenarians: The Chinese experience

Thomas Perls. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 May.
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Conflict of Interest

The author has no relevant conflicts of interest to disclose.

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Figure 1.
Figure 1.
The percentage of survival for U.S. males and females for the 2019 birth cohort to ages 100 to 114 years. Figure by T. Perls based upon the U.S. Social Security Administration’s 2019 actuarial (period) life table
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