Table 5: Life expectancy at age 65 in Scotland, 2010-2012, by Council and NHS Board area¹ (Males and Females)

Area	Males		Females
	Years2	Rank	Years2	Rank
Footnotes: 2014 NHS Board areas. The results may vary from year to year, particularly those based on small populations.
Scotland	17.2	-	19.5	-
Council areas
Aberdeen City	17.3	19	19.8	17
Aberdeenshire	18.2	8	20.1	11
Angus	18.2	7	20.2	8
Argyll & Bute	17.6	14	20.1	10
Clackmannanshire	16.9	23	19.4	20
Dumfries & Galloway	17.9	11	20.0	15
Dundee City	16.2	28	19.1	24
East Ayrshire	17.0	22	19.1	25
East Dunbartonshire	19.2	2	21.5	1
East Lothian	18.4	6	20.0	13
East Renfrewshire	19.0	3	20.8	3
Edinburgh City of	17.7	13	20.3	7
Eilean Siar	16.3	27	20.1	9
Falkirk	16.7	24	19.3	23
Fife	17.4	18	19.8	16
Glasgow City	14.9	32	18.3	32
Highland	17.9	12	20.4	5
Inverclyde	15.8	31	19.0	27
Midlothian	17.5	16	19.4	21
Moray	17.6	15	19.8	18
North Ayrshire	17.4	17	19.3	22
North Lanarkshire	16.0	29	18.3	30
Orkney Islands	19.4	1	20.0	14
Perth & Kinross	18.7	4	21.0	2
Renfrewshire	16.5	26	18.9	28
Scottish Borders	18.5	5	20.3	6
Shetland Islands	17.9	10	20.1	12
South Ayrshire	17.3	20	19.7	19
South Lanarkshire	16.7	25	19.1	26
Stirling	18.0	9	20.4	4
West Dunbartonshire	15.9	30	18.3	31
West Lothian	17.0	21	18.7	29
NHS Board areas
Ayrshire & Arran	17.2	10	19.4	12
Borders	18.5	2	20.3	2
Dumfries & Galloway	17.9	4	20.0	7
Fife	17.4	9	19.8	10
Forth Valley	17.1	11	19.7	11
Grampian	17.8	6	19.9	8
Greater Glasgow & Clyde	16.1	14	19.0	13
Highland	17.8	5	20.3	1
Lanarkshire	16.4	12	18.7	14
Lothian	17.6	8	19.8	9
Orkney	19.4	1	20.0	6
Shetland	17.9	3	20.1	5
Tayside	17.7	7	20.1	4
Western Isles	16.3	13	20.1	3