1.1 This paper summarises the Registrar General for Scotland’s life expectancy figures for the period 2006-2008 for administrative areas within Scotland and compares these with results for 1996-1998. Life expectancy at birth for all people is presented in this report, although the analysis concentrates on male and female as in previous reports. It reports on 14 NHS Board areas only, and, unlike earlier reports (pre 2005-2007), does not include analysis of the former Argyll & Clyde NHS Board area. Figures for the old NHS Board areas are available on request for comparison purposes.
1.2 The results for 2006-2008, given in Table 1, Table 2 and Table 3, have been ranked for ease of presentation. For Council areas, this means that "1" is the area with the highest life expectancy and "32" the lowest. Similarly, NHS Board areas are ranked 1 to 14.