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

Table 3 Life expectancy at birth in Scotland 2006-2008 by administrative area, and comparisons with 1996-1998 (Females)

 

2006-08 Years

1996-98 Years

2006-08 Rank

1996-98 Rank

Difference in years

% difference

Scotland

79.9

78.1

-

-

1.9

2.4

Council areas

 

Aberdeen City

80.4

79.3

20

7

1.0

1.3

Aberdeenshire

81.1

80.3

10

1

0.8

1.0

Angus

80.6

79.1

14

9

1.5

1.9

Argyll & Bute

79.9

78.2

21

20

1.7

2.1

Clackmannanshire

80.4

78.1

17

22

2.3

3.0

Dumfries & Galloway

80.5

79.1

15

10

1.5

1.9

Dundee City

79.7

77.2

22

27

2.5

3.2

East Ayrshire

78.5

77.3

29

25

1.1

1.5

East Dunbartonshire

82.5

79.5

1

6

3.1

3.8

East Lothian

81.3

79.0

8

12

2.3

2.9

East Renfrewshire

82.0

80.2

2

2

1.7

2.1

Edinburgh, City of

81.4

78.7

6

17

2.7

3.4

Eilean Siar

81.4

78.9

7

15

2.5

3.2

Falkirk

79.6

78.5

23

18

1.1

1.4

Fife

80.4

78.9

18

14

1.5

1.9

Glasgow City

77.2

75.4

32

32

1.8

2.4

Highland

80.8

79.1

12

11

1.8

2.2

Inverclyde

78.6

77.2

28

28

1.4

1.8

Midlothian

80.5

78.1

16

23

2.4

3.1

Moray

80.4

79.9

19

3

0.5

0.6

North Ayrshire

79.0

78.2

26

21

0.9

1.1

North Lanarkshire

78.4

76.6

30

31

1.8

2.4

Orkney Islands

81.4

78.9

5

13

2.5

3.1

Perth & Kinross

81.5

79.2

3

8

2.3

2.9

Renfrewshire

78.8

77.3

27

26

1.5

1.9

Scottish Borders

80.8

79.5

13

4

1.3

1.6

Shetland Islands

81.5

79.5

4

5

2.0

2.5

South Ayrshire

80.9

78.8

11

16

2.2

2.8

South Lanarkshire

79.5

77.7

24

24

1.9

2.4

Stirling

81.3

78.5

9

19

2.8

3.6

West Dunbartonshire

78.1

76.7

31

30

1.4

1.9

West Lothian

79.3

77.0

25

29

2.3

2.9

NHS Board areas

 

Ayrshire & Arran

79.4

78.1

12

12

1.3

1.7

Borders

80.8

79.5

5

2

1.3

1.6

Dumfries & Galloway

80.5

79.1

9

4

1.5

1.9

Fife

80.4

78.9

10

6

1.5

1.9

Forth Valley

80.2

78.4

11

9

1.7

2.2

Grampian

80.7

79.8

6

1

0.9

1.2

Greater Glasgow & Clyde

78.6

76.7

14

14

1.9

2.5

Highland

80.6

78.8

8

8

1.8

2.3

Lanarkshire

78.9

77.2

13

13

1.7

2.3

Lothian

80.9

78.4

4

11

2.5

3.2

Orkney

81.4

78.9

2

5

2.5

3.1

Shetland

81.5

79.5

1

3

2.0

2.5

Tayside

80.7

78.4

7

10

2.2

2.9

Western Isles

81.4

78.9

3

7

2.5

3.2

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