Table 4: Life expectancy at birth in Scotland, 2010-2012, by Council and NHS Board area¹ and comparisons with 2000-2002 and 2005-2007 (Females)

Area	2010-2012	2005-2007	2000-2002	2010-2012	2005-2007	2000-2002	Change over 5 years (Years)	Change over 10 years (Years)	Change over 5 years (%)	Change over 10 years (%)
	Years2	Years2	Years2	Rank	Rank	Rank
Footnotes: 2014 NHS Board areas. The results may vary from year to year, particularly those based on small populations.
Scotland	80.8	79.7	78.8	-	-	-	1.1	2.0	1.4	2.6
Council areas
Aberdeen City	81.2	80.2	79.6	16	17	15	0.9	1.6	1.2	2.0
Aberdeenshire	82.1	81.3	80.7	4	5	4	0.8	1.3	1.0	1.7
Angus	81.1	80.6	79.8	19	11	12	0.5	1.3	0.6	1.6
Argyll & Bute	81.2	80.0	79.0	15	19	18	1.2	2.2	1.5	2.8
Clackmannanshire	80.6	79.5	78.2	22	21	24	1.1	2.4	1.3	3.1
Dumfries & Galloway	81.9	80.3	79.9	7	16	11	1.6	2.0	2.1	2.5
Dundee City	79.3	79.2	77.9	29	24	27	0.0	1.4	0.1	1.8
East Ayrshire	80.2	77.9	77.5	25	31	30	2.4	2.7	3.0	3.5
East Dunbartonshire	83.4	82.4	80.5	1	3	6	1.1	2.9	1.3	3.6
East Lothian	81.5	81.0	79.9	12	7	10	0.5	1.6	0.6	2.0
East Renfrewshire	82.9	82.5	81.3	2	2	3	0.4	1.6	0.5	2.0
Edinburgh City of	81.9	80.9	79.7	9	10	13	1.0	2.2	1.3	2.8
Eilean Siar	80.2	80.3	79.9	26	15	8	-0.1	0.3	-0.1	0.4
Falkirk	80.6	79.5	78.6	21	23	21	1.1	2.0	1.4	2.6
Fife	81.1	80.1	79.5	18	18	16	1.0	1.6	1.2	2.1
Glasgow City	78.5	77.0	76.4	32	32	32	1.5	2.2	2.0	2.9
Highland	81.9	80.6	79.2	8	12	17	1.3	2.7	1.6	3.4
Inverclyde	79.9	78.2	77.2	28	29	31	1.7	2.7	2.2	3.5
Midlothian	81.3	79.7	78.6	14	20	20	1.5	2.6	1.9	3.3
Moray	81.7	80.4	79.9	11	14	9	1.3	1.8	1.6	2.2
North Ayrshire	80.7	79.1	78.3	20	25	23	1.6	2.4	2.1	3.1
North Lanarkshire	79.1	78.4	77.6	30	28	28	0.7	1.5	0.9	1.9
Orkney Islands	81.8	81.6	81.7	10	4	1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2
Perth & Kinross	82.8	81.2	80.7	3	6	5	1.7	2.1	2.1	2.7
Renfrewshire	80.4	78.9	78.2	24	26	25	1.5	2.3	1.9	2.9
Scottish Borders	82.0	80.9	80.3	5	8	7	1.0	1.6	1.3	2.0
Shetland Islands	81.3	82.6	81.4	13	1	2	-1.3	-0.1	-1.6	-0.1
South Ayrshire	81.2	80.6	78.9	17	13	19	0.6	2.3	0.7	2.9
South Lanarkshire	80.5	79.5	78.4	23	22	22	1.1	2.1	1.3	2.7
Stirling	81.9	80.9	79.6	6	9	14	1.0	2.3	1.2	2.9
West Dunbartonshire	78.7	77.9	77.5	31	30	29	0.8	1.2	1.0	1.5
West Lothian	80.1	78.9	78.0	27	27	26	1.2	2.0	1.5	2.6
NHS Board areas
Ayrshire & Arran	80.7	79.2	78.2	11	12	12	1.5	2.5	2.0	3.2
Borders	82.0	80.9	80.3	1	3	3	1.0	1.6	1.3	2.0
Dumfries & Galloway	81.9	80.3	79.9	2	9	6	1.6	2.0	2.1	2.5
Fife	81.1	80.1	79.5	8	10	7	1.0	1.6	1.2	2.1
Forth Valley	81.0	79.9	78.8	10	11	11	1.1	2.1	1.3	2.7
Grampian	81.7	80.8	80.1	5	4	4	0.9	1.5	1.1	1.9
Greater Glasgow & Clyde	79.8	78.4	77.6	13	14	14	1.4	2.3	1.8	2.9
Highland	81.7	80.4	79.2	4	5	10	1.2	2.5	1.6	3.2
Lanarkshire	79.8	78.9	78.0	14	13	13	0.9	1.8	1.1	2.3
Lothian	81.4	80.4	79.3	6	6	9	1.0	2.1	1.3	2.6
Orkney	81.8	81.6	81.7	3	2	1	0.2	0.1	0.2	0.2
Shetland	81.3	82.6	81.4	7	1	2	-1.3	-0.1	-1.6	-0.1
Tayside	81.1	80.4	79.4	9	7	8	0.7	1.7	0.9	2.1
Western Isles	80.2	80.3	79.9	12	8	5	-0.1	0.3	-0.1	0.4