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GROS Life Expectancy for Administrative Areas within Scotland, 2006-2008

Table 1 Life expectancy at birth in Scotland 2006-2008 by administrative area, and comparisons with 1996-1998 (Persons)

 

2006-08 Years

1996-98 Years

2006-08 Rank

1996-98 Rank

Difference in years

% change

Scotland

77.5

75.3

-

-

2.2

2.9

Council areas

 

Aberdeen City

77.9

76.3

18

10

1.6

2.0

Aberdeenshire

79.3

77.7

4

2

1.6

2.1

Angus

78.7

77.0

9

6

1.8

2.3

Argyll & Bute

78.1

75.6

16

20

2.5

3.3

Clackmannanshire

77.5

75.5

21

21

2.0

2.7

Dumfries & Galloway

78.5

76.6

10

8

1.9

2.5

Dundee City

76.8

74.6

25

25

2.2

3.0

East Ayrshire

76.6

75.3

26

22

1.3

1.7

East Dunbartonshire

80.4

77.3

1

4

3.1

4.0

East Lothian

79.0

76.6

7

9

2.5

3.2

East Renfrewshire

79.9

78.3

2

1

1.6

2.0

Edinburgh, City of

79.0

76.1

6

15

2.9

3.9

Eilean Siar

77.2

74.4

23

27

2.8

3.8

Falkirk

77.4

75.6

22

19

1.8

2.4

Fife

78.2

76.2

15

11

2.0

2.6

Glasgow City

74.0

72.0

32

32

2.0

2.8

Highland

78.4

76.0

12

16

2.4

3.2

Inverclyde

75.8

73.2

30

31

2.6

3.6

Midlothian

78.5

75.6

11

18

2.9

3.8

Moray

78.3

77.2

13

5

1.1

1.5

North Ayrshire

76.5

75.1

27

24

1.4

1.8

North Lanarkshire

75.8

74.0

29

29

1.8

2.4

Orkney Islands

77.8

76.1

19

14

1.7

2.3

Perth & Kinross

79.6

76.9

3

7

2.7

3.5

Renfrewshire

76.3

74.4

28

28

1.9

2.5

Scottish Borders

79.0

77.3

8

3

1.7

2.2

Shetland Islands

78.1

75.6

17

17

2.4

3.2

South Ayrshire

78.3

76.1

14

13

2.2

2.8

South Lanarkshire

77.1

75.2

24

23

1.9

2.5

Stirling

79.3

76.2

5

12

3.1

4.0

West Dunbartonshire

75.2

73.2

31

30

2.0

2.7

West Lothian

77.7

74.5

20

26

3.1

4.2

NHS Board areas

 

Ayrshire & Arran

77.1

75.5

12

11

1.6

2.1

Borders

79.0

77.3

1

1

1.7

2.2

Dumfries & Galloway

78.5

76.6

4

3

1.9

2.5

Fife

78.2

76.2

7

4

2.0

2.6

Forth Valley

77.9

75.8

9

9

2.1

2.8

Grampian

78.7

77.1

3

2

1.6

2.0

Greater Glasgow & Clyde

75.7

73.5

14

14

2.2

3.0

Highland

78.3

75.8

6

7

2.5

3.2

Lanarkshire

76.5

74.7

13

12

1.8

2.4

Lothian

78.8

75.8

2

8

2.9

3.9

Orkney

77.8

76.1

10

5

1.7

2.3

Shetland

78.1

75.6

8

10

2.4

3.2

Tayside

78.4

76.0

5

6

2.4

3.1

Western Isles

77.2

74.4

11

13

2.8

3.8

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