title: Designating longevity hotspots: cautions concerning the instability of per capita centenarian estimates.
abstract: Estimates of per capita centenarians in a Utah population varied between one per 12,864 and one per 4,675, depending on the data that were used, the population assumptions that were made, and the boundary limits that were employed. In general, caution is warranted in claims about the existence of longevity hotspots.
authors: School of Family Life, Brigham Young University, Provo, UT 84602, USA.
authors: Thomas W
authors: TW
authors: Draper
authors: Heather
authors: H
authors: Christie
authors: Chelsea
authors: C
authors: Moore
mesh_terms: D017677:Age Distribution; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019352:Censuses; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008136:Longevity / Q000502:physiology*; D008297:Male; D016019:Survival Analysis; D014589:Utah / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology