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World's Oldest Woman Dies at 115

Submitted by LiveScience Staff

posted: 11 September 2009 02:22 pm ET

The oldest person in the world, Gertrude Baines, died at 115, according to news reports. She was 115.

The cause is thought to have been a heart attack. Baines was born on April 6, 1894.

There are about 80,000 centenarians in the United States. Odds are most won't live much longer, however. Only about 1-in-1,000 people who make it to age 100 live to be 110. And only 1-in-100,000 of these go on to be 115.

Sakhan Dosova, previously thought to be the oldest woman in the world, died at 130 earlier this year when she slipped on the bathroom floor of her apartment in Kazakhstan.

Despite misconceptions to the contrary, human lifespans have remained relatively constant for the past 2,000 years. 

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