Flawed national data show millions to be at least 112 years old

US citizens are getting older, but not this old: Social Security benefits records show that 6.5 million people in the US have reached the age of 112.

In reality, only few could possibly be alive. As of last fall, there were only 42 people known to be that old in the entire world.

But Social Security does not have death records for millions of these people, with the oldest born in 1869, according to a report by the agency's inspector general.