Key points from article :
Mortality rates seen to flatten out in flies and other short-lived species.
Old individuals cease to age but mortality rates are very high.
Difficult finding enough data for humans of 110 years and older.
New study shows hazard rates after age 110 years do not stay constant.
Used records of supercentenarians in the International Database on Longevity (IDL).
Database contains validated records from 15 countries.
The study was published in PubMed Central.
