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  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  Maria Filipelli, 80, in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
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Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16g January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013: Michela Martone  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  Caterina Pezzi, 80, elementary teacher of the territory of Varese Ligure, in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  A boy plays in the multigrade classroom of the elementary school of Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  A boy plays in the multigrade classroom of the elementary school of Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013: Children of a multigrade class sit during a break in the classroom at the elementary school of Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
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Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
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Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
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Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
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Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
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Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
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Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_2...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  Graziella Bettarin, in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
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Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
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Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
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Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
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Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 16 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 16 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
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Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130116_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
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Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013:  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
<br />
Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
<br />
Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • Sesta Godano, Italy - 14 January, 2013: Principal of elementary school Cinzia Cacone sits at her desk in her office  in Sesta Godano, Italy, on 14 January, 2013. <br />
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Sesta Godano is a town in the province of La Spezia, in the Liguria region, with a population of about 1,400.  Because of a low number of children in the area, students in the elementary and seconday have been grouped in multigrade classes. According to the ISTAT (Italian National Statistical Institute) Liguria is the oldest of the Italian regions, with the highes ageing index of 232 percent compared to the national average of 144,5 percent and the EU average of 111,3 percent (data is from 2010). In Liguria there are almost twie as much deaths than births. The average age in Liguria is 48 years old. <br />
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Italy is ageing. According to ISTAT, the average age will rise from 43.5 in 2011 to a maximum of 49.8 in 2059.
    CIPG_20130115_NYT_Demographics__MG_1...jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 29 JUNE 2013: An elderly woman and man walk in the main street of Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 29th 2013. Today Perdasdefogu has two pensioners for every worker, an average age of 47, and an unemployment rate of around 25 percent. Between 2001 and 2011, the number of centenarians in Italy rose 138 percent, and that of nonagenarians rose 78 percent. Today, 20 percent of Italians are over the age of 65.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
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The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130629_NYT_Sardinia__MG_0458.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 29 JUNE 2013: A wedding picture of Consolata Melis (106, here at age 18) with her now deceased husband Francesco Lai, is here in her house in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 29th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
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The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130629_NYT_Sardinia__MG_0079.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 29 JUNE 2013: A literacy certificate given to Consolata Melis in 1925 at the age of 18 is here in her bedroom in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 29th 2013. Consolata Melis went to school until her second grade.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
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The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130629_NYT_Sardinia__MG_0146.jpg
  • ACCIAROLI, ITALY - 14 SEPTEMBER 2018: Giuseppe Vassallo (95) poses for a portrait in his home in Acciaroli, a small fishing village in the municipality of Pollica, Italy, on September 14th 2018. Giuseppe Vassallo was an Italian Navy official during WWII. At age 86, 8 years ago, Mr Vassallo had multiple sex affairs to overcome his depression following his wife's death. He was a testimonial of the Acciaroli's mediterranean diet and lifestyle during Expo 2015, the Universal Exposition hostel in Milan last year.<br />
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To understand how people can live longer throughout the world, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have teamed up with colleagues at University of Rome La Sapienza to study a group of 300 citizens, all over 100 years old, living in Acciaroli (Pollica), a remote Italian village nestled between the ocean and mountains in Cilento, southern Italy.<br />
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About 1-in-60 of the area’s inhabitants are older than 90, according to the researchers. Such a concentration rivals that of other so-called blue zones, like Sardinia and Okinawa, which have unusually large percentages of very old people. In the 2010 census, about 1-in-163 Americans were 90 or older.
    CIPG_20180914_DE-VOLKSKRANT_Acciarol...jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Massimo Lai holds her newborn Benedetta Lai, born 100 years after her great-grandmother Claudina Melis, during the mass celebrating Claudina's 100th birthday in St. Peter's church in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_1510.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 29 JUNE 2013: A group of elderly men chat in a square in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 29th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130629_NYT_Sardinia__MG_0436.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 29 JUNE 2013: (R-L)  Consolata Melis (106) talks with her brother Antonio (94) during an interview in her hourse the day before her sister Claudina's 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 29th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130629_NYT_Sardinia__MG_0248.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 29 JUNE 2013: The wedding dress of Consolata Melis from 1926 lays here in a bed in her bedroom in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 29th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130629_NYT_Sardinia__MG_0092.jpg
  • ACCIAROLI, ITALY - 14 SEPTEMBER 2018: A photograph of Giuseppe Vassallo's 95th birthday is seen here in his home in Acciaroli, a small fishing village in the municipality of Pollica, Italy, on September 14th 2018. Giuseppe Vassallo was an Italian Navy official during WWII. At age 86, 8 years ago, Mr Vassallo had multiple sex affairs to overcome his depression following his wife's death. He was a testimonial of the Acciaroli's mediterranean diet and lifestyle during Expo 2015, the Universal Exposition hostel in Milan last year.<br />
<br />
To understand how people can live longer throughout the world, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have teamed up with colleagues at University of Rome La Sapienza to study a group of 300 citizens, all over 100 years old, living in Acciaroli (Pollica), a remote Italian village nestled between the ocean and mountains in Cilento, southern Italy.<br />
<br />
About 1-in-60 of the area’s inhabitants are older than 90, according to the researchers. Such a concentration rivals that of other so-called blue zones, like Sardinia and Okinawa, which have unusually large percentages of very old people. In the 2010 census, about 1-in-163 Americans were 90 or older.
    CIPG_20180914_DE-VOLKSKRANT_Acciarol...jpg
  • ACCIAROLI, ITALY - 14 SEPTEMBER 2018: Giuseppe Vassallo (95) poses for a portrait in his home in Acciaroli, a small fishing village in the municipality of Pollica, Italy, on September 14th 2018. Giuseppe Vassallo was an Italian Navy official during WWII. At age 86, 8 years ago, Mr Vassallo had multiple sex affairs to overcome his depression following his wife's death. He was a testimonial of the Acciaroli's mediterranean diet and lifestyle during Expo 2015, the Universal Exposition hostel in Milan last year.<br />
<br />
To understand how people can live longer throughout the world, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have teamed up with colleagues at University of Rome La Sapienza to study a group of 300 citizens, all over 100 years old, living in Acciaroli (Pollica), a remote Italian village nestled between the ocean and mountains in Cilento, southern Italy.<br />
<br />
About 1-in-60 of the area’s inhabitants are older than 90, according to the researchers. Such a concentration rivals that of other so-called blue zones, like Sardinia and Okinawa, which have unusually large percentages of very old people. In the 2010 census, about 1-in-163 Americans were 90 or older.
    CIPG_20180914_DE-VOLKSKRANT_Acciarol...jpg
  • ACCIAROLI, ITALY - 14 SEPTEMBER 2018: Giuseppe Vassallo (95) poses for a portrait in his home in Acciaroli, a small fishing village in the municipality of Pollica, Italy, on September 14th 2018. Giuseppe Vassallo was an Italian Navy official during WWII. At age 86, 8 years ago, Mr Vassallo had multiple sex affairs to overcome his depression following his wife's death. He was a testimonial of the Acciaroli's mediterranean diet and lifestyle during Expo 2015, the Universal Exposition hostel in Milan last year.<br />
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To understand how people can live longer throughout the world, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have teamed up with colleagues at University of Rome La Sapienza to study a group of 300 citizens, all over 100 years old, living in Acciaroli (Pollica), a remote Italian village nestled between the ocean and mountains in Cilento, southern Italy.<br />
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About 1-in-60 of the area’s inhabitants are older than 90, according to the researchers. Such a concentration rivals that of other so-called blue zones, like Sardinia and Okinawa, which have unusually large percentages of very old people. In the 2010 census, about 1-in-163 Americans were 90 or older.
    CIPG_20180914_DE-VOLKSKRANT_Acciarol...jpg
  • ACCIAROLI, ITALY - 14 SEPTEMBER 2018: Giuseppe Vassallo (95) poses for a portrait in his home in Acciaroli, a small fishing village in the municipality of Pollica, Italy, on September 14th 2018. Giuseppe Vassallo was an Italian Navy official during WWII. At age 86, 8 years ago, Mr Vassallo had multiple sex affairs to overcome his depression following his wife's death. He was a testimonial of the Acciaroli's mediterranean diet and lifestyle during Expo 2015, the Universal Exposition hostel in Milan last year.<br />
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To understand how people can live longer throughout the world, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have teamed up with colleagues at University of Rome La Sapienza to study a group of 300 citizens, all over 100 years old, living in Acciaroli (Pollica), a remote Italian village nestled between the ocean and mountains in Cilento, southern Italy.<br />
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About 1-in-60 of the area’s inhabitants are older than 90, according to the researchers. Such a concentration rivals that of other so-called blue zones, like Sardinia and Okinawa, which have unusually large percentages of very old people. In the 2010 census, about 1-in-163 Americans were 90 or older.
    CIPG_20180914_DE-VOLKSKRANT_Acciarol...jpg
  • ACCIAROLI, ITALY - 14 SEPTEMBER 2018: Giuseppe Vassallo (95) poses for a portrait in his home in Acciaroli, a small fishing village in the municipality of Pollica, Italy, on September 14th 2018. Giuseppe Vassallo was an Italian Navy official during WWII. At age 86, 8 years ago, Mr Vassallo had multiple sex affairs to overcome his depression following his wife's death. He was a testimonial of the Acciaroli's mediterranean diet and lifestyle during Expo 2015, the Universal Exposition hostel in Milan last year.<br />
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To understand how people can live longer throughout the world, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have teamed up with colleagues at University of Rome La Sapienza to study a group of 300 citizens, all over 100 years old, living in Acciaroli (Pollica), a remote Italian village nestled between the ocean and mountains in Cilento, southern Italy.<br />
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About 1-in-60 of the area’s inhabitants are older than 90, according to the researchers. Such a concentration rivals that of other so-called blue zones, like Sardinia and Okinawa, which have unusually large percentages of very old people. In the 2010 census, about 1-in-163 Americans were 90 or older.
    CIPG_20180914_DE-VOLKSKRANT_Acciarol...jpg
  • ACCIAROLI, ITALY - 14 SEPTEMBER 2018: Giuseppe Vassallo (95) poses for a portrait in his home in Acciaroli, a small fishing village in the municipality of Pollica, Italy, on September 14th 2018. Giuseppe Vassallo was an Italian Navy official during WWII. At age 86, 8 years ago, Mr Vassallo had multiple sex affairs to overcome his depression following his wife's death. He was a testimonial of the Acciaroli's mediterranean diet and lifestyle during Expo 2015, the Universal Exposition hostel in Milan last year.<br />
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To understand how people can live longer throughout the world, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have teamed up with colleagues at University of Rome La Sapienza to study a group of 300 citizens, all over 100 years old, living in Acciaroli (Pollica), a remote Italian village nestled between the ocean and mountains in Cilento, southern Italy.<br />
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About 1-in-60 of the area’s inhabitants are older than 90, according to the researchers. Such a concentration rivals that of other so-called blue zones, like Sardinia and Okinawa, which have unusually large percentages of very old people. In the 2010 census, about 1-in-163 Americans were 90 or older.
    CIPG_20180914_DE-VOLKSKRANT_Acciarol...jpg
  • ACCIAROLI, ITALY - 14 SEPTEMBER 2018: Giuseppe Vassallo (95) poses for a portrait in his home in Acciaroli, a small fishing village in the municipality of Pollica, Italy, on September 14th 2018. Giuseppe Vassallo was an Italian Navy official during WWII. At age 86, 8 years ago, Mr Vassallo had multiple sex affairs to overcome his depression following his wife's death. He was a testimonial of the Acciaroli's mediterranean diet and lifestyle during Expo 2015, the Universal Exposition hostel in Milan last year.<br />
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To understand how people can live longer throughout the world, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have teamed up with colleagues at University of Rome La Sapienza to study a group of 300 citizens, all over 100 years old, living in Acciaroli (Pollica), a remote Italian village nestled between the ocean and mountains in Cilento, southern Italy.<br />
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About 1-in-60 of the area’s inhabitants are older than 90, according to the researchers. Such a concentration rivals that of other so-called blue zones, like Sardinia and Okinawa, which have unusually large percentages of very old people. In the 2010 census, about 1-in-163 Americans were 90 or older.
    CIPG_20180914_DE-VOLKSKRANT_Acciarol...jpg
  • ACCIAROLI, ITALY - 14 SEPTEMBER 2018: Giuseppe Vassallo (95) poses for a portrait in his home in Acciaroli, a small fishing village in the municipality of Pollica, Italy, on September 14th 2018. Giuseppe Vassallo was an Italian Navy official during WWII. At age 86, 8 years ago, Mr Vassallo had multiple sex affairs to overcome his depression following his wife's death. He was a testimonial of the Acciaroli's mediterranean diet and lifestyle during Expo 2015, the Universal Exposition hostel in Milan last year.<br />
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To understand how people can live longer throughout the world, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have teamed up with colleagues at University of Rome La Sapienza to study a group of 300 citizens, all over 100 years old, living in Acciaroli (Pollica), a remote Italian village nestled between the ocean and mountains in Cilento, southern Italy.<br />
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About 1-in-60 of the area’s inhabitants are older than 90, according to the researchers. Such a concentration rivals that of other so-called blue zones, like Sardinia and Okinawa, which have unusually large percentages of very old people. In the 2010 census, about 1-in-163 Americans were 90 or older.
    CIPG_20180914_DE-VOLKSKRANT_Acciarol...jpg
  • ACCIAROLI, ITALY - 14 SEPTEMBER 2018: Giuseppe Vassallo (95) poses for a portrait in his home in Acciaroli, a small fishing village in the municipality of Pollica, Italy, on September 14th 2018. Giuseppe Vassallo was an Italian Navy official during WWII. At age 86, 8 years ago, Mr Vassallo had multiple sex affairs to overcome his depression following his wife's death. He was a testimonial of the Acciaroli's mediterranean diet and lifestyle during Expo 2015, the Universal Exposition hostel in Milan last year.<br />
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To understand how people can live longer throughout the world, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have teamed up with colleagues at University of Rome La Sapienza to study a group of 300 citizens, all over 100 years old, living in Acciaroli (Pollica), a remote Italian village nestled between the ocean and mountains in Cilento, southern Italy.<br />
<br />
About 1-in-60 of the area’s inhabitants are older than 90, according to the researchers. Such a concentration rivals that of other so-called blue zones, like Sardinia and Okinawa, which have unusually large percentages of very old people. In the 2010 census, about 1-in-163 Americans were 90 or older.
    CIPG_20180914_DE-VOLKSKRANT_Acciarol...jpg
  • ACCIAROLI, ITALY - 14 SEPTEMBER 2018: Giuseppe Vassallo (95) poses for a portrait in his home in Acciaroli, a small fishing village in the municipality of Pollica, Italy, on September 14th 2018. Giuseppe Vassallo was an Italian Navy official during WWII. At age 86, 8 years ago, Mr Vassallo had multiple sex affairs to overcome his depression following his wife's death. He was a testimonial of the Acciaroli's mediterranean diet and lifestyle during Expo 2015, the Universal Exposition hostel in Milan last year.<br />
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To understand how people can live longer throughout the world, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have teamed up with colleagues at University of Rome La Sapienza to study a group of 300 citizens, all over 100 years old, living in Acciaroli (Pollica), a remote Italian village nestled between the ocean and mountains in Cilento, southern Italy.<br />
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About 1-in-60 of the area’s inhabitants are older than 90, according to the researchers. Such a concentration rivals that of other so-called blue zones, like Sardinia and Okinawa, which have unusually large percentages of very old people. In the 2010 census, about 1-in-163 Americans were 90 or older.
    CIPG_20180914_DE-VOLKSKRANT_Acciarol...jpg
  • ACCIAROLI, ITALY - 14 SEPTEMBER 2018: Giuseppe Vassallo (95) poses for a portrait in his home in Acciaroli, a small fishing village in the municipality of Pollica, Italy, on September 14th 2018. Giuseppe Vassallo was an Italian Navy official during WWII. At age 86, 8 years ago, Mr Vassallo had multiple sex affairs to overcome his depression following his wife's death. He was a testimonial of the Acciaroli's mediterranean diet and lifestyle during Expo 2015, the Universal Exposition hostel in Milan last year.<br />
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To understand how people can live longer throughout the world, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have teamed up with colleagues at University of Rome La Sapienza to study a group of 300 citizens, all over 100 years old, living in Acciaroli (Pollica), a remote Italian village nestled between the ocean and mountains in Cilento, southern Italy.<br />
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About 1-in-60 of the area’s inhabitants are older than 90, according to the researchers. Such a concentration rivals that of other so-called blue zones, like Sardinia and Okinawa, which have unusually large percentages of very old people. In the 2010 census, about 1-in-163 Americans were 90 or older.
    CIPG_20180914_DE-VOLKSKRANT_Acciarol...jpg
  • ACCIAROLI, ITALY - 14 SEPTEMBER 2018: Giuseppe Vassallo (95) poses for a portrait in his home in Acciaroli, a small fishing village in the municipality of Pollica, Italy, on September 14th 2018. Giuseppe Vassallo was an Italian Navy official during WWII. At age 86, 8 years ago, Mr Vassallo had multiple sex affairs to overcome his depression following his wife's death. He was a testimonial of the Acciaroli's mediterranean diet and lifestyle during Expo 2015, the Universal Exposition hostel in Milan last year.<br />
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To understand how people can live longer throughout the world, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have teamed up with colleagues at University of Rome La Sapienza to study a group of 300 citizens, all over 100 years old, living in Acciaroli (Pollica), a remote Italian village nestled between the ocean and mountains in Cilento, southern Italy.<br />
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About 1-in-60 of the area’s inhabitants are older than 90, according to the researchers. Such a concentration rivals that of other so-called blue zones, like Sardinia and Okinawa, which have unusually large percentages of very old people. In the 2010 census, about 1-in-163 Americans were 90 or older.
    CIPG_20180914_DE-VOLKSKRANT_Acciarol...jpg
  • ACCIAROLI (POLLICA), ITALY - 5 OCTOBER 2016:  94-years-old Giuseppe Vassallo poses for a portrait in his house in Acciaroli, a hamlet in the municipality of Pollica, Italy, on October 5th 2016. Giuseppe Vassallo was an Italian Navy official during WWII. At age 86, 8 years ago, Mr Vassallo had multiple sex affairs to overcome his depression following his wife's death. He was a testimonial of the Acciaroli's mediterranean  diet and lifestyle during Expo 2015, the Universal Exposition hostel in Milan last year.<br />
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To understand how people can live longer throughout the world, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have teamed up with colleagues at University of Rome La Sapienza to study a group of 300 citizens, all over 100 years old, living in Acciaroli (Pollica), a remote Italian village nestled between the ocean and mountains in Cilento, southern Italy.<br />
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About 1-in-60 of the area’s inhabitants are older than 90, according to the researchers. Such a concentration rivals that of other so-called blue zones, like Sardinia and Okinawa, which have unusually large percentages of very old people. In the 2010 census, about 1-in-163 Americans were 90 or older.
    CIPG_20161005_NYT-Longevity_5M3_9989.jpg
  • ACCIAROLI (POLLICA), ITALY - 5 OCTOBER 2016:  94-years-old Giuseppe Vassallo poses for a portrait in his house in Acciaroli, a hamlet in the municipality of Pollica, Italy, on October 5th 2016. Giuseppe Vassallo was an Italian Navy official during WWII. At age 86, 8 years ago, Mr Vassallo had multiple sex affairs to overcome his depression following his wife's death. He was a testimonial of the Acciaroli's mediterranean  diet and lifestyle during Expo 2015, the Universal Exposition hostel in Milan last year.<br />
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To understand how people can live longer throughout the world, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have teamed up with colleagues at University of Rome La Sapienza to study a group of 300 citizens, all over 100 years old, living in Acciaroli (Pollica), a remote Italian village nestled between the ocean and mountains in Cilento, southern Italy.<br />
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About 1-in-60 of the area’s inhabitants are older than 90, according to the researchers. Such a concentration rivals that of other so-called blue zones, like Sardinia and Okinawa, which have unusually large percentages of very old people. In the 2010 census, about 1-in-163 Americans were 90 or older.
    CIPG_20161005_NYT-Longevity_5M3_9988.jpg
  • ACCIAROLI (POLLICA), ITALY - 5 OCTOBER 2016:  94-years-old Giuseppe Vassallo steps out on the balcony of his house in Acciaroli, a hamlet in the municipality of Pollica, Italy, on October 5th 2016. Giuseppe Vassallo was an Italian Navy official during WWII. At age 86, 8 years ago, Mr Vassallo had multiple sex affairs to overcome his depression following his wife's death. He was a testimonial of the Acciaroli's mediterranean  diet and lifestyle during Expo 2015, the Universal Exposition hostel in Milan last year.<br />
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To understand how people can live longer throughout the world, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have teamed up with colleagues at University of Rome La Sapienza to study a group of 300 citizens, all over 100 years old, living in Acciaroli (Pollica), a remote Italian village nestled between the ocean and mountains in Cilento, southern Italy.<br />
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About 1-in-60 of the area’s inhabitants are older than 90, according to the researchers. Such a concentration rivals that of other so-called blue zones, like Sardinia and Okinawa, which have unusually large percentages of very old people. In the 2010 census, about 1-in-163 Americans were 90 or older.
    CIPG_20161005_NYT-Longevity_5M3_9980.jpg
  • ACCIAROLI (POLLICA), ITALY - 5 OCTOBER 2016:  94-years-old Giuseppe Vassallo sits in the living room of his house in Acciaroli, a hamlet in the municipality of Pollica, Italy, on October 5th 2016. Giuseppe Vassallo was an Italian Navy official during WWII. At age 86, 8 years ago, Mr Vassallo had multiple sex affairs to overcome his depression following his wife's death. He was a testimonial of the Acciaroli's mediterranean  diet and lifestyle during Expo 2015, the Universal Exposition hostel in Milan last year.<br />
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To understand how people can live longer throughout the world, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have teamed up with colleagues at University of Rome La Sapienza to study a group of 300 citizens, all over 100 years old, living in Acciaroli (Pollica), a remote Italian village nestled between the ocean and mountains in Cilento, southern Italy.<br />
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About 1-in-60 of the area’s inhabitants are older than 90, according to the researchers. Such a concentration rivals that of other so-called blue zones, like Sardinia and Okinawa, which have unusually large percentages of very old people. In the 2010 census, about 1-in-163 Americans were 90 or older.
    CIPG_20161005_NYT-Longevity_5M3_9965.jpg
  • ACCIAROLI (POLLICA), ITALY - 5 OCTOBER 2016:  94-years-old Giuseppe Vassallo shows a picture of himself in his early 20's when he was an official of the Italian Navy, here in his house in Acciaroli, a hamlet in the municipality of Pollica, Italy, on October 5th 2016. Giuseppe Vassallo was an Italian Navy official during WWII. At age 86, 8 years ago, Mr Vassallo had multiple sex affairs to overcome his depression following his wife's death. He was a testimonial of the Acciaroli's mediterranean  diet and lifestyle during Expo 2015, the Universal Exposition hostel in Milan last year.<br />
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To understand how people can live longer throughout the world, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have teamed up with colleagues at University of Rome La Sapienza to study a group of 300 citizens, all over 100 years old, living in Acciaroli (Pollica), a remote Italian village nestled between the ocean and mountains in Cilento, southern Italy.<br />
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About 1-in-60 of the area’s inhabitants are older than 90, according to the researchers. Such a concentration rivals that of other so-called blue zones, like Sardinia and Okinawa, which have unusually large percentages of very old people. In the 2010 census, about 1-in-163 Americans were 90 or older.
    CIPG_20161005_NYT-Longevity_5M3_0043.jpg
  • ACCIAROLI (POLLICA), ITALY - 5 OCTOBER 2016:  94-years-old Giuseppe Vassallo poses for a portrait in his house in Acciaroli, a hamlet in the municipality of Pollica, Italy, on October 5th 2016. Giuseppe Vassallo was an Italian Navy official during WWII. At age 86, 8 years ago, Mr Vassallo had multiple sex affairs to overcome his depression following his wife's death. He was a testimonial of the Acciaroli's mediterranean  diet and lifestyle during Expo 2015, the Universal Exposition hostel in Milan last year.<br />
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To understand how people can live longer throughout the world, researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have teamed up with colleagues at University of Rome La Sapienza to study a group of 300 citizens, all over 100 years old, living in Acciaroli (Pollica), a remote Italian village nestled between the ocean and mountains in Cilento, southern Italy.<br />
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About 1-in-60 of the area’s inhabitants are older than 90, according to the researchers. Such a concentration rivals that of other so-called blue zones, like Sardinia and Okinawa, which have unusually large percentages of very old people. In the 2010 census, about 1-in-163 Americans were 90 or older.
    CIPG_20161005_NYT-Longevity_5M3_0010.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: The entrance to the Italian military base now under scrutiny for a possible uranium contamination in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Perdasdefogu, whose economy revolves around an Italian military base now under scrutiny for possible uranium contamination, has lost 500 inhabitants in the past 20 years, dropping to 2,000 people. Today it has two pensioners for every worker, an average age of 47, and an unemployment rate of around 25 percent.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_2302.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Family and friends of the Melis gather to celebrate Claudina Melis' 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
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The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_2295.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Family and friends of the Melis gather to celebrate Claudina Melis' 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
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The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_2286.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Family and friends of the Melis gather to celebrate Claudina Melis' 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
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The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_2250.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Family and friends of the Melis gather to celebrate Claudina Melis' 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
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The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_2227.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Claudina Melis (center, sitting next to her siblings - from left to right - Antonio, Consolata and Vitalio) is about to blow the candles for her 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
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The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_2097.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Claudina Melis whispers something to her brother Antonio (94), while her sister Consolata (right, 106 years old) gesticulates, at her 100th birthday party in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_1992.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Claudina Melis enters a car tht will bring her to her 100th birthday party after the celebrated in St. Peter's church in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_1939.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Claudina Melis steps outside St. Peter's church together with her grandchildren after the mass celebrating her 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_1933.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: People wait under a fig tree after the mass celebrating Claudina Melis' 100th birthday in St. Peter's church in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
    CIPG_20130630_NYT_Sardinia__MG_1903.jpg
  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Elderly women step outside St. Peter's church after the mass celebrating Claudina Melis' 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
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The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: An elderly woman steps outside St. Peter's church after the mass celebrating Claudina Melis' 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
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The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Friends and family greet Claudina Melis (center) at the end of the mass celebrating her 100th birthday in St. Peter's church in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
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The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Elderly women return to their seat after receiving comunion at the mass celebrating Claudina Melis' 100th birthday in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
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The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Father Gianmarco Lai, a missionary priest in Madagascar, greets his aunt during the mass celebrating his mother Claudina Melis' 100th birthday in St. Peter's church in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
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The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Francesca Lai holds her newborn Benedetta Lai, born 100 years after her great-grandmother Claudina Melis, during the mass celebrating Claudina's 100th birthday in St. Peter's church in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: A detail of Claudina Melis'  hands (left) during the mass celebrating her 100th birthday in St- Peter's church in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
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The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Father Gianmarco Lai (left), a missionary priest in Madagascar, is about to celebrate with his colleague priests his mother Claudina Melis' 100th birthday in St. Peter's church in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
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  • PERDASDEFOGU, SARDINIA, ITALY - 30 JUNE 2013: Father Gianmarco Lai, a missionary priest in Madagascar, prepares to celebrate his mother Claudina Melis' 100th birthday in St. Peter's church in Perdasdefogu, Italy, on June 30th 2013.<br />
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Last year, the Melis family entered the Guinness Book of World Records for having the highest combined age of any nine living siblings on earth — today more than 825 years. The youngest sibling, Mafalda – the "little one" – is 79 years old.<br />
<br />
The Melis siblings were all born in Perdasdefogu to Francesco Melis and Eleonora Mameli, who had a general store. Consolata, 106, is the oldest, then Claudia, 100; Maria, 98; Antonino, 94; Concetta, 92; Adolfo, 90; Vitalio, 87; Fida Vitalia, 81; and Mafalda, the baby at 79. Their descendants now account for about a third of the village.
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