Longevidad y territorio. Un análisis geodemográfico de la población centenaria en España

the imbalances shown by the rates of centenarians in Spain can be explained by inter-provincial differences in social development, cultural context, environmental and territorial factors, together with the contribution of geographic factors, which are less well-known and analyzed than those termed “individual factors of longevity”. Undoubtedly, these latter factors, which have a hereditary or genetic component, are involved. A satisfactory explanation would have to take into account the interplay between geographic and individual factors.