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'''Extreme longevity tracking''' is the tracing and recording of claims of exceptionally long human lives (]), as a branch of ]. '''Extreme longevity tracking''' is the tracing and recording of claims of exceptionally long human lives (]), as a branch of ].

Currently, there is no way to determine the chronological age of a human individual through scientific testing,
and exaggeration of personal age is common; in the 2000 U.S. Census, 90% of those reporting age 110 or greater were believed to be false.{{Citation needed|date=December 2014}}
Therefore, data on extremes can only be considered accurate when birth registration has been compulsory for at least 100 years. For example, Sweden began compulsory recordkeeping in 1749; the data is considered accurate since 1860 (Wilmoth, 1999); prior to this, age claims in Sweden went as high as 147.{{Citation needed|date=December 2014}}
Birth registration in the US became universal only in 1933.{{Citation needed|date=June 2015}}


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Extreme longevity tracking is the tracing and recording of claims of exceptionally long human lives (longevity), as a branch of demography.

Currently, there is no way to determine the chronological age of a human individual through scientific testing, and exaggeration of personal age is common; in the 2000 U.S. Census, 90% of those reporting age 110 or greater were believed to be false. Therefore, data on extremes can only be considered accurate when birth registration has been compulsory for at least 100 years. For example, Sweden began compulsory recordkeeping in 1749; the data is considered accurate since 1860 (Wilmoth, 1999); prior to this, age claims in Sweden went as high as 147. Birth registration in the US became universal only in 1933.

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