Information about the basis of these statistics is available from the Vital Events – General Background Information and the Deaths – Background Information pages.
This page contains datasets in Excel format. This data will be particularly useful for users who would like the same data for a series of different years rather than just for one year.
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Table DT.01 Deaths, by sex, Scotland: 1855 to 2023
Table DT.02 Stillbirths, by sex; Scotland: 1939 to 2023
Table DT.03 Deaths, by sex and single year of age, Scotland 1974 to 2023
Table DT.04 Deaths, by sex and 5 year age groups, Scotland, 1901 to 2023
Table DT.05 Deaths by sex, year and council area, 1991 to 2023
Table DT.06 Deaths by sex, year and post-April 2014 NHS Board area, 1991 to 2023
Table DT.07 Deaths by age group, year and council area, 1991 to 2023
Table DT.08 Deaths by age group, year and post-April 2014 NHS Board area, 1991 to 2023
Table DT.09 Death rates by council area 1991 to 2023
Table DT.10 Death rates by post-April 2014 NHS Board area 1991 to 2023
Table DT.11 Standardised mortality ratios by council area 2000 to 2023
Table DT.12 Standardised mortality ratios by post-April 2014 NHS Board area 2000 to 2023
Table DT.13 Deaths by sex, age group and council area, 1997 to 2023
Table DT.14 Deaths by sex, age group and NHS Board area, 1997 to 2013
Table DT.15 Deaths by sex, age group and pre-April 2006 NHS Board area, 1997 to 2006
