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Life Expectancy for Administrative Areas within Scotland, 2007-2009

Table 1 Life expectancy at birth in Scotland 2007-2009 by administrative area, and comparisons with 1997-1999 (Persons)

2007-09
Years 1

1997-99
Years 1

2007-09
Rank

1997-99
Rank

Difference in years

% change

Scotland

77.8

75.5

-

-

2.3

3.1

Council areas

Aberdeen City

78.2

76.6

19

11

1.6

2.1

Aberdeenshire

79.7

77.6

4

3

2.2

2.8

Angus

78.8

76.9

11

8

1.8

2.4

Argyll & Bute

78.5

75.8

16

21

2.7

3.6

Clackmannanshire

77.9

75.9

20

19

2.1

2.7

Dumfries & Galloway

78.8

76.8

13

10

2.0

2.6

Dundee City

76.6

74.8

27

26

1.8

2.4

East Ayrshire

76.7

74.8

25

25

1.9

2.6

East Dunbartonshire

80.8

77.8

1

2

3.0

3.9

East Lothian

79.0

77.0

8

7

2.1

2.7

East Renfrewshire

80.1

78.7

2

1

1.4

1.8

Edinburgh, City of

79.3

76.4

6

14

2.9

3.7

Eilean Siar

77.5

75.0

23

24

2.5

3.4

Falkirk

77.9

75.8

21

20

2.2

2.9

Fife

78.3

76.5

18

12

1.8

2.4

Glasgow City

74.3

72.1

32

32

2.3

3.1

Highland

78.8

76.0

14

18

2.7

3.6

Inverclyde

76.1

73.6

30

30

2.5

3.4

Midlothian

79.0

76.1

9

17

2.9

3.8

Moray

78.8

77.1

12

6

1.7

2.2

North Ayrshire

76.7

75.3

26

22

1.4

1.9

North Lanarkshire

76.2

74.3

29

29

1.9

2.6

Orkney Islands

78.6

76.4

15

13

2.1

2.8

Perth & Kinross

80.0

77.2

3

5

2.8

3.7

Renfrewshire

76.5

74.3

28

28

2.2

3.0

Scottish Borders

79.2

77.3

7

4

1.9

2.4

Shetland Islands

78.9

76.3

10

16

2.6

3.4

South Ayrshire

78.4

76.4

17

15

2.1

2.7

South Lanarkshire

77.5

75.2

24

23

2.3

3.0

Stirling

79.7

76.9

5

9

2.8

3.6

West Dunbartonshire

75.6

73.3

31

31

2.2

3.0

West Lothian

77.9

74.5

22

27

3.4

4.5

NHS Board areas

Ayrshire & Arran

77.2

75.5

12

11

1.8

2.4

Borders

79.2

77.3

1

1

1.9

2.4

Dumfries & Galloway

78.8

76.8

5

3

2.0

2.6

Fife

78.3

76.5

10

4

1.8

2.4

Forth Valley

78.4

76.1

9

8

2.3

3.0

Grampian

79.0

77.1

2

2

1.9

2.5

Greater Glasgow & Clyde

76.1

73.7

14

14

2.4

3.2

Highland

78.7

75.9

6

10

2.7

3.6

Lanarkshire

76.8

74.8

13

13

2.0

2.7

Lothian

79.0

76.1

3

9

2.9

3.8

Orkney

78.6

76.4

7

5

2.1

2.8

Shetland

78.9

76.3

4

6

2.6

3.4

Tayside

78.5

76.2

8

7

2.3

3.0

Western Isles

77.5

75.0

11

12

2.5

3.4

1 The results may vary from year to year, particularly those based on small populations

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