Man born in 1912, the year the Titanic sank
Italian National Statistical Office: “Highest number of people over 100 years old ever”
Total birth rate: 1.24 people… Ranked lowest along with Korea
Italy’s 111-year-old oldest man passed away before New Year’s Day.
According to the British Guardian on the 1st (local time), Tripoli Giannini, born in Cecina, Tuscany, on August 20, 1912, died at his home in Cecina the day before New Year’s. He was the second-oldest person in Europe, following Andre Ludwig of France, who was born on June 6 of the same year.
Giannini’s son Romano said on Facebook, “My father believed he was immortal, but he died at 9:30 a.m. on New Year’s Eve, at a record age of 111 years and 133 days.”
Giannini, born in Cecina, Italy, was a member of the Army’s infantry. He lived through two world wars and a pandemic.
At his birthday celebration in August last year, he cited light meals with wine, a stress-free life, and non-smoking as the secrets to his longevity.
The Guardian also reported that Italy’s Mediterranean diet has long been said to be the secret to longevity.
According to the Italian National Statistical Office, the number of people over 100 years old in 2023 will be about 22,000, which is the highest ever. Of these, the majority are said to be women.
However, in Italy, problems with the pension and healthcare systems are emerging due to the aging population and low birth rate. In 2022, the number of births in Italy reached an all-time low of approximately 393,000. Currently, Italy’s total population is approximately 58.99 million.
Italy’s total fertility rate is 1.25 as of 2021, the lowest among the 38 member countries of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), along with Korea at 0.81.
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni (46) said, “Reversing the upward trend in birth rates is one of the government’s top priorities for 2024,” and added, “We have allocated a budget of about 2.5 billion euros (about 3.5763 trillion won) to solve this problem.” “He said.
Source: Donga
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