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Life Expectancy for Administrative Areas within Scotland, 2007-2009

Table 9 Life expectancy at birth in Scotland 2007-2009 by administrative area, and comparisons with 2002-2004 (Males)

2007-09
Years 1

2002-04
Years 1

2007-09
Rank

2002-04
Rank

Difference in years

% change

Scotland

75.4

73.8

-

-

1.6

2.2

Council areas

Aberdeen City

75.7

74.4

20

18

1.3

1.8

Aberdeenshire

78.0

76.3

3

4

1.7

2.2

Angus

76.9

75.7

7

6

1.2

1.6

Argyll & Bute

76.5

74.8

13

14

1.7

2.3

Clackmannanshire

75.0

73.2

22

25

1.8

2.4

Dumfries & Galloway

76.8

75.4

9

9

1.4

1.9

Dundee City

73.7

72.5

27

26

1.2

1.7

East Ayrshire

74.6

73.5

24

23

1.1

1.4

East Dunbartonshire

78.3

77.0

1

1

1.3

1.7

East Lothian

76.7

75.6

10

8

1.1

3.6

East Renfrewshire

77.8

76.4

4

3

1.4

1.9

Edinburgh, City of

76.9

75.3

8

10

1.6

2.1

Eilean Siar

73.5

72.2

29

28

1.3

1.8

Falkirk

75.9

73.9

18

21

2.0

2.8

Fife

76.1

74.7

16

15

1.4

1.9

Glasgow City

71.1

69.3

32

32

1.8

2.6

Highland

76.3

74.5

14

16

1.8

2.5

Inverclyde

73.1

70.3

30

31

2.8

4.0

Midlothian

76.6

74.9

12

13

1.7

2.2

Moray

76.7

74.9

11

12

1.8

2.4

North Ayrshire

74.0

73.3

25

24

0.7

0.9

North Lanarkshire

73.7

72.4

26

27

1.3

1.9

Orkney Islands

75.5

76.5

21

2

-1.0

-1.3

Perth & Kinross

78.2

76.3

2

5

1.9

2.4

Renfrewshire

73.7

71.8

28

29

1.9

2.6

Scottish Borders

77.1

75.2

6

11

1.9

2.6

Shetland Islands

76.2

74.2

15

20

2.0

2.7

South Ayrshire

75.9

74.5

19

17

1.4

1.8

South Lanarkshire

74.9

73.9

23

22

1.0

1.3

Stirling

77.3

75.7

5

7

1.6

2.1

West Dunbartonshire

72.5

70.7

31

30

1.8

2.5

West Lothian

76.0

74.3

17

19

1.7

2.2

NHS Board areas

Ayrshire & Arran

74.8

73.7

11

11

1.1

1.4

Borders

77.1

75.2

1

4

1.9

2.6

Dumfries & Galloway

76.8

75.4

3

2

1.4

1.9

Fife

76.1

74.7

9

7

1.4

1.9

Forth Valley

76.1

74.3

8

9

1.8

2.5

Grampian

76.9

75.4

2

3

1.5

2.1

Greater Glasgow & Clyde

73.1

71.2

14

14

1.9

2.6

Highland

76.4

74.5

5

8

1.9

2.5

Lanarkshire

74.4

73.2

12

12

1.2

1.6

Lothian

76.7

75.2

4

5

1.5

2.0

Orkney

75.5

76.5

10

1

-1.0

-1.3

Shetland

76.2

74.2

7

10

2.0

2.7

Tayside

76.3

74.8

6

6

1.5

2.0

Western Isles

73.5

72.2

13

13

1.3

1.8

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

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