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Life Expectancy for Administrative Areas within Scotland, 2007-2009

Table 10 Life expectancy at birth in Scotland 2007-2009 by administrative area, and comparisons with 2002-2004 (Females)

2007-09
Years 1

2002-04
Years 1

2007-09
Rank

2002-04
Rank

Difference n in years

% change

Scotland

80.1

79.0

-

1.1

1.5

Council areas

Aberdeen City

80.6

79.9

19

11

0.7

0.9

Aberdeenshire

81.4

80.8

9

1

0.6

0.7

Angus

80.6

79.4

18

19

1.2

1.5

Argyll & Bute

80.4

80.0

20

10

0.4

0.5

Clackmannanshire

80.9

79.2

14

20

1.7

2.2

Dumfries & Galloway

80.6

79.6

17

17

1.0

1.3

Dundee City

79.4

78.4

25

26

1.0

1.3

East Ayrshire

78.8

78.4

29

25

0.4

0.5

East Dunbartonshire

83.1

80.4

1

4

2.7

3.3

East Lothian

81.2

80.1

11

8

1.1

1.4

East Renfrewshire

82.0

80.6

2

2

1.4

1.7

Edinburgh, City of

81.5

80.4

8

5

1.1

1.4

Eilean Siar

82.0

79.9

3

12

2.1

2.6

Falkirk

79.8

78.8

23

23

1.0

1.2

Fife

80.4

79.6

21

18

0.8

1.0

Glasgow City

77.5

76.4

32

32

1.1

1.4

Highland

81.2

79.8

12

15

1.4

1.8

Inverclyde

79.0

78.1

28

28

0.9

1.1

Midlothian

81.3

79.1

10

21

2.2

2.8

Moray

80.9

80.1

15

9

0.8

1.0

North Ayrshire

79.2

79.1

27

22

0.1

0.1

North Lanarkshire

78.5

77.4

30

31

1.1

1.5

Orkney Islands

81.7

80.5

7

3

1.2

1.5

Perth & Kinross

81.8

80.2

6

7

1.6

2.0

Renfrewshire

79.2

78.2

26

27

1.0

1.3

Scottish Borders

81.2

79.8

13

14

1.4

1.7

Shetland Islands

81.8

80.3

4

6

1.5

1.9

South Ayrshire

80.9

79.7

16

16

1.2

1.5

South Lanarkshire

79.9

78.7

22

24

1.2

1.6

Stirling

81.8

79.9

5

13

1.9

2.4

West Dunbartonshire

78.4

77.6

31

30

0.8

1.1

West Lothian

79.7

78.0

24

29

1.7

2.2

NHS Board areas

Ayrshire & Arran

79.6

79.1

12

12

0.5

0.6

Borders

81.2

79.8

4

5

1.4

1.7

Dumfries & Galloway

80.6

79.6

8

8

1.0

1.3

Fife

80.4

79.6

11

9

0.8

1.0

Forth Valley

80.5

79.2

10

11

1.3

1.7

Grampian

81.1

80.4

6

2

0.7

0.8

Greater Glasgow & Clyde

78.9

77.5

14

14

1.4

1.8

Highland

81.0

79.8

7

7

1.2

1.5

Lanarkshire

79.2

78.0

13

13

1.2

1.5

Lothian

81.1

79.8

5

6

1.3

1.6

Orkney

81.7

80.5

3

1

1.2

1.5

Shetland

81.8

80.3

2

3

1.5

1.9

Tayside

80.6

79.4

9

10

1.2

1.6

Western Isles

82.0

79.9

1

4

2.1

2.6

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

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