Life is short. Sometimes. Other times, life can be long – like really, really long. If you’re wondering where to move to maximise your chances of living a really, really long time, you’re in luck. A new study has investigated the counties in the UK where you're most likely to stick around a while.
In order to find the ‘luckiest’ county, the team (which was from gambling site Fabulous Bingo) first had to discover as many supercentenarians as they could. Sadly, that’s not the alias of a crime fighting comic-book hero, it’s just someone who lived to 110 (which is arguably just as cool). They then cross-referenced supercentenarian data with the average age of each county.
And so the results are in. With an average supercentenarian age of 113, West Glamorgan, home to Welsh city of Swansea, is officially the best place to grow very old.
South Yorkshire and Derbyshire came second and third. Unsurprisingly, Greater London had the highest number of people who surpassed 110 (with 17 recorded on the survey) but its size also means that it is still lower per capita than the southern Welsh county.
Essentially, if you want an extended life, stay away from the south. And definitely don’t be a man, as only 15 male supercentenarians were listed against the 219 women. Sorry, guys.
So go forth and prosper! Hopefully we’ll all reach an age where we can one day be a data speck in a Fabulous Bingo study.
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