Table 10: Life expectancy at age 65 in Scotland, 2011-2013, by Council and NHS Board area¹

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. Please note that the Scotland-level life expectancy estimate shown here is for use only as a comparator for the corresponding sub-Scotland-level figures. The definitive Scotland-level life expectancy estimate (based on national life tables) is published by the Office for National Statistics: National Statistics Online - National Life tables.
Scotland3	17.3	-	19.6	-
Council Areas
Aberdeen City	17.3	20	19.9	17
Aberdeenshire	18.3	7	20.2	11
Angus	18.2	11	20.3	8
Argyll & Bute	18.0	12	20.3	10
Clackmannanshire	16.8	24	19.0	27
Dumfries & Galloway	18.2	9	19.9	15
Dundee City	16.6	28	19.3	24
East Ayrshire	17.1	22	18.8	29
East Dunbartonshire	19.4	1	21.5	1
East Lothian	18.2	8	20.1	13
East Renfrewshire	19.0	2	21.0	2
Edinburgh, City of	17.9	15	20.3	9
Eilean Siar	17.1	21	19.9	16
Falkirk	16.8	25	19.3	22
Fife	17.4	18	19.7	20
Glasgow City	15.0	32	18.2	32
Highland	18.2	10	20.8	5
Inverclyde	16.0	30	19.3	23
Midlothian	17.5	17	19.7	19
Moray	17.9	14	20.0	14
North Ayrshire	17.0	23	19.4	21
North Lanarkshire	16.2	29	18.3	31
Orkney Islands	18.7	3	20.2	12
Perth & Kinross	18.5	5	20.8	3
Renfrewshire	16.8	26	19.0	26
Scottish Borders	18.6	4	20.6	6
Shetland Islands	18.5	6	20.8	4
South Ayrshire	17.6	16	19.7	18
South Lanarkshire	16.8	27	19.1	25
Stirling	18.0	13	20.5	7
West Dunbartonshire	15.7	31	18.3	30
West Lothian	17.4	19	18.9	28
NHS Board Areas
Ayrshire & Arran	17.2	10	19.3	12
Borders	18.6	2	20.6	2
Dumfries & Galloway	18.2	4	19.9	7
Fife	17.4	9	19.7	10
Forth Valley	17.2	11	19.6	11
Grampian	17.9	6	20.0	6
Greater Glasgow & Clyde	16.2	14	19.0	13
Highland	18.1	5	20.6	3
Lanarkshire	16.5	13	18.7	14
Lothian	17.8	8	19.9	9
Orkney	18.7	1	20.2	4
Shetland	18.5	3	20.8	1
Tayside	17.8	7	20.2	5
Western Isles	17.1	12	19.9	8