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

Table 2 Life expectancy at birth in Scotland 2006-2008 by administrative area, and comparisons with 1996-1998 (Males)

 

2006-08 Years

1996-98 Years

2006-08 Rank

1996-98 Rank

Difference in years

% change

Scotland

75.0

72.4

-

-

2.6

3.6

Council areas

 

Aberdeen City

75.4

73.2

18

14

2.2

3.0

Aberdeenshire

77.5

75.1

3

2

2.4

3.2

Angus

76.8

74.6

7

5

2.2

2.9

Argyll & Bute

76.3

72.9

13

18

3.3

4.6

Clackmannanshire

74.5

72.7

22

20

1.8

2.5

Dumfries & Galloway

76.4

74.1

10

8

2.4

3.2

Dundee City

73.7

71.7

26

26

2.0

2.8

East Ayrshire

74.6

73.0

21

17

1.5

2.1

East Dunbartonshire

78.0

74.8

1

4

3.2

4.3

East Lothian

76.6

74.0

8

9

2.7

3.6

East Renfrewshire

77.4

75.9

4

1

1.5

2.0

Edinburgh, City of

76.5

73.2

9

15

3.2

4.4

Eilean Siar

73.5

70.4

28

29

3.1

4.4

Falkirk

75.1

72.7

19

21

2.4

3.4

Fife

75.9

73.4

15

12

2.5

3.5

Glasgow City

70.7

68.5

32

32

2.3

3.3

Highland

75.9

72.8

16

19

3.0

4.2

Inverclyde

72.8

69.3

30

31

3.6

5.1

Midlothian

76.3

73.1

12

16

3.3

4.5

Moray

76.4

74.4

11

7

1.9

2.6

North Ayrshire

73.8

72.0

25

24

1.9

2.6

North Lanarkshire

73.1

71.2

29

28

1.8

2.6

Orkney Islands

74.4

73.4

24

11

1.1

1.4

Perth & Kinross

77.5

74.5

2

6

3.0

4.1

Renfrewshire

73.6

71.3

27

27

2.3

3.2

Scottish Borders

77.1

74.9

5

3

2.2

3.0

Shetland Islands

75.0

72.1

20

23

2.9

4.0

South Ayrshire

75.5

73.3

17

13

2.2

3.1

South Lanarkshire

74.5

72.6

23

22

1.9

2.6

Stirling

77.0

73.7

6

10

3.3

4.5

West Dunbartonshire

72.1

69.5

31

30

2.5

3.7

West Lothian

76.0

71.9

14

25

4.0

5.6

NHS Board areas

 

Ayrshire & Arran

74.6

72.7

10

10

1.9

2.6

Borders

77.1

74.9

1

1

2.2

3.0

Dumfries & Galloway

76.4

74.1

4

3

2.4

3.2

Fife

75.9

73.4

7

6

2.5

3.5

Forth Valley

75.5

73.0

8

8

2.5

3.5

Grampian

76.5

74.2

2

2

2.3

3.1

Greater Glasgow & Clyde

72.7

70.2

14

14

2.5

3.6

Highland

76.0

72.9

5

9

3.1

4.3

Lanarkshire

73.9

72.0

12

12

1.9

2.6

Lothian

76.4

73.1

3

7

3.4

4.6

Orkney

74.4

73.4

11

5

1.1

1.4

Shetland

75.0

72.1

9

11

2.9

4.0

Tayside

76.0

73.5

6

4

2.5

3.5

Western Isles

73.5

70.4

13

13

3.1

4.4

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