January 2024 passed with a death of 1909.

While it wasn't as bad as previous Januarys, there was a meltdown among supercentenarian men.

We also had 3 deaths from 1910 and 3 deaths from 1911 (also between deaths from 1912 and 1913)

Starting in February we had another loss in 1909 (rest in peace Pearl Berg)

I'm also worried about what might happen to 1910 this year.

In January we lost some people (either men or women) who were older in some countries, continents and important events:
4/ Jan Susana Gutierrez Godoy, oldest person in Mexico
7/ Jan Andre Ludwig, oldest man in France, oldest survivor of the Second World War and oldest man in Europe
7/ Jan Juozas Merecka, oldest person in Lithuania
11/ Jan Efrain Antonio Rios Garcia, oldest person in Colombia
12 Jan Zivan Popovic, oldest man in Serbia
12/ Jan Luis Torras Martinez, oldest man in Spain
17/Jan Kitty Jeffery, oldest person in Ireland
20/ Jan Juan Gabriel Hernandez Matamoros, oldest man in Costa Rica
24/ Jan Francis Zouein, oldest man in the USA, and oldest man born in Lebanon, although there are doubts about his date of birth
26/ Jan Catherina van der Linden, oldest person living in Australia, oldest person born in the Netherlands and oldest person living in Oceania
30/ Jan Mabel Mah, oldest person in Canada
30/ Jan Tsuneji Oyama, successor to Andre Ludwig as oldest survivor of World War II
Does anyone have any other highlights like this?

For January we can add the anonymous woman from Leiden, who could be the oldest living in the Netherlands and the oldest born in Morocco, but there is no confirmation of her date of birth or date of death

In February we lost:

2/Feb Batuli Lamichhane, Claimed oldest person born and living Nepal, though unrecognized

3/Feb Juana Cordero, oldest person born in Puerto Rico, died in the USA

17/Feb Karlheinz Stauber, oldest men born and living Germany

22/Feb Edie Ceccarelli, Oldest person living in American continent,and in USA

23/Feb Marie Guerne, Oldest person born and living in Switzerland

27/Feb Vidar Eide, Oldest person born and living in Norway

29/Feb, Bridget Tierney, Longest living person born in Ireland

If anyone has any other highlights, you can add them.

I think other people that weren't the oldest people in their countries should be added, like Berg and Matsubara were in the top ten, and also Seki Yoshida was 114 too

Without a doubt these are important losses too, Berg was also the oldest known Jewish person, thank you very much for the comment @MrCatlord

For February we can add:

7 Feb Rupert Springer, oldest man in Barbados, however as the oldest person is in limbo, he could be the oldest person in the country

20 Feb Kasum Kasumovich Kubatov, oldest man in Russia

In March we lost:

2 Mar Gunnar Stolt, oldest Man in Finland

5 Mar Eudocia Barria Barrientos,oldest person in Chile

fl 7 Mar Gladys Delores Hodge,oldest person in Antigua and Barbuda

8 Mar Alfreda Screaigh,Oldest person born in Austrália

11 Mar Marina van der Es-Siewers, Oldest person in Netherlands

17 Mar Tranquilina Urrutia Roque, Oldest person in Mexico

18 Mar Francisca Mangonez Martinez, Oldest person in Colombia

31 Mar Michele Cicora, Oldest man in Italy

We had more deaths in March, any highlights besides these?

I actually made this list to list deaths older than 114 (maybe older than 113).

To have a standard on this list and compare with other years.

Clearly, if we think about deaths at ages 110, 111, and 112, every year would be bad, so I wanted to set a standard.

But it is also interesting to see the oldest people in each country who died during the month, the man or the person

Well, now we're going to have to do a sad update...

Juan Vicente Pérez Mora, dean of Venezuela, died today...

Yes, for the month of April, this month in 2 days the oldest man in the world and in Venezuela and the oldest person in Estonia were gone

In March we also lost:

6 March Jeffrey Joseph,Oldest person living in French Guiana and possibly oldest man born in Saint Lucia

29 March Anonymous of Bolívar Department, oldest woman in Colombia

31 March,Gisabur Sonobe,oldest men in Japan

April:

1 April,Ottilie-Armilde Tinnuri oldest person in Estonia

2 April,Juan Vicente Perez Mora, oldest person in Venezuela and men in World

3 April,Elisabeth Wallhauser,Oldest person born in the Czech Republic

4 April,Karen Rigmor Moritz,Oldest person in Denmark

18 April,Helen Doan,oldest person in Canada

21 April,Albertus Van Raemdonck,oldest men in Belgium

25 April,Silverio Perez Rosado,Oldest men in Porto Rico

26 April,Vita Italia Di Liberto,oldest person born in Tunisia

Feel free to complete the list if you have more names to include.

Not the oldest people in their countries but still of some importance:

Kikue Taira - younger sister of oldest pair of siblings ever

Lillian Moran - oldest person to survive COVID-19 twice

For April we can add:

14/ Apr Ilmari Lehtimäki, Oldest men born in Finland

May:

18/May Marija Ruljancich,oldest person born in Croatia,and living in Australia

22/May Anastasie Charles,oldest person in Dominica

27/ May Mara Gabelica,oldest person in Croatia

28/May Fernande Courtoy,oldest person in Belgium

Any other highlights?

For May we can add:

28/ May Benedictus Bellens oldest man in Belgium

June:

1/ June Georges Thomas,oldest men in FRA and the World

3/June Morrie Markoff,oldest man in USA

5/ June Olga Abate,oldest person living in Australia

12/June Helvi Kissala,oldest person in Finland

21/June Rita Smyke,oldest person in Trindad and Tobago

21/ June Endel Uiga,oldest men born in Estonia

25/ June Gertruda Gorecka,oldest person living in Canada

26/ June Vincent Dransfield,oldest men in USA

29/ June Alfonso Maria Rojas Perdomo,oldest person in Colombia,top 10 Man World

29/ June Shi Ping,oldest person in China and man the World

Two oldest men in the USA in the same month, one on the third day, another on the penultimate day, two deaths of the oldest men in the world not yet validated, first and penultimate day too, it was an atypical month, 3 top 10 men in the world

April

13/April Albertina Alves de Albuquerque,person in Brasil?  (claim, it is not known if his age is true)

May

8/May Pedro Antonio Rodrigues,oldest men in Cape Verde? (claim, it is not known if his age is true)

June

17/June Ciriaca Paula Entenza Cuellar,oldest person born in Cuba

20/June Magdalini Pavlidou,oldest person living in Greece

July

6/July Nora Miller-Welsh, oldest person in Jamaica

12/July Maria Carpatachi,oldest person born in Greece

15/July Georgios Zikos,oldest men born in Greece

16/July Mateo Balbuena Iglesias,oldest men in Spain

17/July Francisco Reynoso,oldest person in Republica Dominicana

20/July Alvaro Jose De Souza,oldest living man in Brazil? (claim, it is not known if his age is true)

22/July Lucia Chacon Hechavarria,oldest person in Cuba

23/July Lefroy Brownlow Place,oldest person in Bermudas

23/July Jens Peter Westergaard,oldest men in Denmark

20/July Marion Dawson,oldest person in Scotland

22/July Julijana Zakrajsek,oldest person in Slovenia

June

28/June Luis Valdez,oldest men in Uruguay

July

5/July Tomisaburo Wakui, oldest men in Japan

5/July Mercedes Brenes Estrada,Oldest Person in Nicaragua

8/July Filomena Kolomaznikova,Oldest Person in Czech Republic

26/July Wladyslaw Fidos, oldest men in Poland

August

7/Aug Larissa Šipitsõna,oldest person in Estonia

12/Aug Phyllis Furness,oldest person in Ireland

17/Aug Ajka Lokmic,oldest person in Bosnia

19/Aug Maria Branyas Morera,oldest person in Spain,born in USA and person in World

22/Aug Maria Souto Martinez,oldest person in Uruguay

27/Aug Charlotte Kretschmann,oldest person in Germany

31/Aug Valentin Prokofyevich Roslyakov,oldest men in Russia

The summer of 2024 has not been good. We have lost five members of the top 10, four of them in August, including the world's oldest person. These people also included the all-time recordholders for Spain, Germany, and Ibaraki and Saitama Prefectures along with Masa Matsumoto.

Three of these people were born in the 1900s, so we went from 8 to 5 people quite quickly. This means that Marie-Rose Tessier went from 11th to 6th in a matter of 50 days, which seems mind-boggling to me, and Italy's oldest person is now in the top ten; a similar climbing of the ranks happened with Martin Diaz, Kondo, and Whitehead. Additionally, we also lost John Farringdon, one of the strongest males, along with Vincent Dransfield in late June.

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The summer of 2024 has not been good. We have lost five members of the top 10, four of them in August, including the world's oldest person. These people also included the all-time recordholders for Spain, Germany, and Ibaraki and Saitama Prefectures along with Masa Matsumoto.

Three of these people were born in the 1900s, so we went from 8 to 5 people quite quickly. This means that Marie-Rose Tessier went from 11th to 6th in a matter of 50 days, which seems mind-boggling to me, and Italy's oldest person is now in the top ten; a similar climbing of the ranks happened with Martin Diaz, Kondo, and Whitehead. Additionally, we also lost John Farringdon, one of the strongest males, along with Vincent Dransfield in late June.

Exactly, these months were really cruel

It’s all the more disappointing that these losses occurred in the northern hemisphere summer months.

Whilst deaths will always be a regular occurrence at these advanced ages, winter tends to be the worst for supercentenarian deaths; particularly January, though the full December to April period is often tough.

Let’s hope for a better 24/25 winter outcome after the big losses in early 24 and now again, in the summer months.

August

21/Aug Anonymous of Tokyo,oldest men in Japan

September

7/ Sept Jose Angel Flores Vallecillo, Oldest person in Honduras

11/Sept Silveria Martin Diaz, oldest person in Spain

24/Sept Tavana Salmon,oldest person in French Polynesia

This topic is more heavily aligned to individuals, rather than groups or trends. However there is a disappointing trend in the 113+ population that is occurring in 2024, though equally it could be attributed to 1911 births.

The number of validated 113 year olds passing away in the month following their birthday (using 30 days as a guide) is far higher than it has even been before.

Until recently (and subject only to the odd limbo case, where the candidate may have been either side of the 113th birthday) the highest number I can find for any year was two persons passing away in the 113-0 to 113-30 range. This appears to have occurred in 1998, 2009, 2012, 2015, 2019 and 2021.

At this stage 2024 (and 1911) has seen FIVE pass away within this age range - being:

Eudocia Barria Barrientos 113-24

Mary Florence Walker 113-16

Lillian Moran 113-15

Asayo Sato 113-5

Yuki Nitta 113-0

With 2 other living persons currently within this date range and other validated persons scheduled to reach 113 this year, we can only hope this trend has come to an end.

Good observation, and I hope the same.
I also noticed many deaths right after the 110th birthday, up to 30 days later. I know it's more common, because there are more people. It's a bigger group of people who reach 110 than 113. But I also found a bigger trend this year. Many people who had a 110th birthday topic would soon hear about their death.

@diego Unfortunately I have noticed the same thing. I feel especially with Italian supercentenarians this year, they have passed away within a month of turning 110 at a high rate. Not as much, but quite a few for American SCs as well (Francis Cook, Almina Peterlin, Christine Davis) off the top of my head)

@chrisr Unfortunately, the cause of death of Eudocia was pneumonia due to covid, I am sure that if it weren't for that she would still be alive, she was a strong supercentenarian.

I have noticed a trend in male supercentenarians dying shortly after turning 111 years, Herbert Wolding, Salvatore Nardi, Luis Torras, Tsuneji Oyama, Alfonso Maria Rojas Perdomo, all of them died approximately 1 month after turning 111.

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I have noticed a trend in male supercentenarians dying shortly after turning 111 years, Herbert Wolding, Salvatore Nardi, Luis Torras, Tsuneji Oyama, Alfonso Maria Rojas Perdomo, all of them died approximately 1 month after turning 111.

From a couple of years earlier than 2024, but also Giles Cropsey.