The number of elderly people over 100 years old is the highest in the country Shimane Prefecture The number of people announced last week is incorrect September 18 20:56
Last week, the announced number of elderly people over the age of 100 revealed that Shimane Prefecture had an incorrect number of less than 40 people on the 18th. As a result, the number of elderly people over the age of 100 per 100,000 people has increased in Shimane Prefecture nationwide for seven consecutive years.
Last week, Shimane Prefecture announced that there were 679 men, 80 men and 599 women, as of the 15th of this month. In reality, however, there were 81 men and 634 women, for a total of 715 people.
The reason why the number of people was significantly different was that Hamada City, Shimane Prefecture, incorrectly reported the number of “elderly people who are 100 years old” rather than “elderly people over 100 years old”.
The staff of another section in Hamada City wondered that the number of people was significantly smaller than usual, and as a result of re-investigation, it was found that an error was found.
When calculating with the correct number of people, the number of people aged 100 years and older in Shimane Prefecture is 100,000. It was said to be the third largest in the country after Kagoshima Prefecture, but as a result of correction, it has become the largest in the whole country for seven consecutive years.
In the future, Shimane Prefecture and Hamada City want to prevent the recurrence by increasing the number of people in charge of checking the figures and comparing them with the figures of the previous year.