Syskon och föräldrar till de allra äldsta – en studie över Sveriges äldsta personer och deras familjer

Jimmy Lindberg

doi:10.52585/icvs.v5i1.21

Författare

Jimmy Lindberg LongeviQuest, Institutionen för kultur och samhälle, Linköpings universitet

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.52585/icvs.v5i1.21

Abstract

De som lever allra längst ses ofta som en utvald grupp som har haft rätt miljö och rätt genetiska anlag för att kunna leva länge. Forskning har visat att även släktingar till de allra äldsta lever längre än resten av befolkningen. Dock har ingen sådan forskning tidigare gjorts i en svensk kontext.

Denna studie undersöker om föräldrar och syskon till 108-åringar lever längre än resten av den svenska befolkningen. Jag validerade deras ålder genom sökning i svenska folkbokföringsarkiv, samt familjerekonstruktion, och analyserade och jämförde dem med den svenska befolkningen i stort.

Resultaten visade att det 1853–1915 föddes 160 personer som jag kunde validera ha blivit över 108 år i Sverige, varav 90 procent var kvinnor. Deras föräldrar och syskon levde i snitt mer än fem år längre än resten av den svenska befolkningen född under motsvarande tidsperiod, och en högre andel syskon och föräldrar till de allra äldsta blev över 90 år.

Resultaten bekräftar tidigare forskning och visar att föräldrar och syskon till de allra äldsta i Sverige lever längre.

Siblings and parents of the very oldest people live longer – a study of the oldest people in Sweden and their families

The people who live the longest are often seen as a select group who have the right environment and genetic predisposition to live long. Previous research has shown that relatives of the very oldest live longer than the rest of the population. However, no such research has been done in a Swedish context. As there is a need to validate the ages of people who live beyond 108 years, this population of Swedish people was selected, along with their parents and siblings to see if the parents and siblings of 108-year-olds live longer than the rest of the Swedish population. Age validation was carried out in the form of a search in Swedish population registration archives, and family reconstruction. The data obtained were then analyzed in comparison with data from the Swedish population. The results showed that between 1853 and 1915, 160 people over 108 years of age lived in Sweden, 90 percent of whom were women. Their parents and siblings both lived on average more than five years longer than the rest of the Swedish population born during the same period, and there was a higher proportion of siblings and parents who lived to be over 90 than in the rest of the population. The results confirm previous research and show that parents and siblings of the oldest people in Sweden live longer.

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