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Abkhazia, GEORGIA
Mountain air and good food used to keep people living well past a hundred, but the stresses of war and poverty are now hitting home. Elizaveta Pogosian celebrated her 100th birthday last week in grand style - inviting more than a hundred relatives including her great-grandchildren to a lavish feast in Stepanakert, the capital of Nagorny Karabakh. 
Vilcabamba, ECUADOR
The Valley of Vilcabamba has been reputed for it's ideal climate as a place of Longevity. Since the early part of the century, foreign scientists and visitors have come to study the Valley. Their aim has been to research all aspects of the geography,climate,soil and water conditions in the hope of discovering the key to the longevity of it's inhabitants.
Okinawa, JAPAN
Elderly Okinawans have among the lowest mortality rates in the world from a multitude of chronic diseases of aging and as a result enjoy not only what may be the world's longest life expectancy but the world's longest health expectancy. Centenarians, in particular, have a history of aging slowly and delaying or sometimes escaping the chronic diseases of aging including dementia, cardiovascular disease (coronary heart disease and stroke) and cancer. The goal of the Okinawa Centenarian Study is to uncover the genetic and lifestyle factors responsible for this remarkable successful aging phenomenon for the betterment of the health and lives of all people.
Sardinia, ITALY
A study of centenarians in Sardinia detected the existence of an area where the number of centenarians is higher than elsewhere, in particularly for men. There is a widespread opinion that the existence of a greater or a lesser number of centenarians largely depends on mortality features between 80 and 100 years. This study aims to cast light on our knowledge of elderly mortality differentials, total and by cause of death, in Sardinia, and attempts to verify this hypothesis. To do so, an analysis is conducted of age and sex mortality trends over time at province and municipality level. Results fully confirm the underlying hypothesis.
Hunza Valley, PAKISTAN
"In these Himalayan Mountains is Hunza; a country slightly more than a hundred miles long and perhaps just as wide, containing approximately thirty thousand inhabitants," writes Dr. Jay F. Hoffman, the author of the book Hunza - Secrets Of The World's Healthiest And Oldest Living People, published in 1960. Dr. Hoffman was sent to Hunza under the auspices of the National Geriatrics Society. "Here the people lived to be 100, 110, 120, and occasionally as much as 140 years of age. Here lies the real Fountain of Youth - probably the only one in the world.[/b]
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