Births, deaths, marriages and life expectancy

Latest publications on the topics of births, deaths, marriages and life expectancy in Scotland

Life expectancy

Life Expectancy in Scotland

The latest statistics on life expectancy in Scotland
Healthy Life Expectancy

The latest statistics on healthy life expectancy in Scotland, council areas, health boards and other areas

Weekly, monthly and quarterly publications

Weekly births in Scotland

This release contains the data for births registered in Scotland each week
Weekly deaths in Scotland

This release contains the data for deaths registered in Scotland each week
Monthly births in Scotland

This release contains the data for births registered in Scotland each month
Monthly mortality analysis, Scotland

Monthly analysis of deaths registered in Scotland, including breakdowns by cause of death, sex and area
Quarterly births, deaths and other vital events

Provisional figures for vital events which were registered in Scotland each quarter

Cause specific deaths

Age standardised mortality rates

'Age-standardised’ death rates for Scotland as a whole, calculated using the 2013 European Standard Population
Alcohol-specific deaths

The number of alcohol-specific deaths registered in Scotland in 2023, and the rate of mortality for alcohol-specific deaths
Alzheimer's and other Dementia Deaths

Information on the numbers of deaths which had an underlying cause of dementia or Alzheimer’s disease
Avoidable mortality

Analyses deaths that were registered in Scotland which are classified as avoidable by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Drug related deaths

Latest figures on drug related deaths registered in Scotland
Homeless deaths

Estimated deaths of people experiencing homelessness registered in Scotland
Probable suicides

The latest publication on probable suicide deaths in Scotland
Winter mortality

Statistics on mortality in Scotland during winter 2023/24, including trends since 1951/52

Data and reference tables

Births time series data

Data on births recorded each year
Deaths time series data

Data on deaths recorded each year
Marriages and civil partnerships time series data

Data on marriage and civil partnerships recorded each year
Vital events reference tables

These tables give the numbers of Vital Events for 2023

Background information

General background information

General information about our statistics of Vital Events, on the NRS web archive
Births

Background information specifically about our births statistics, on the NRS web archive
Deaths

Background information specifically about our deaths statistics, on the NRS web archive
Marriages and civil partnerships

Background information specifically about our marriage and civil partnership statistics, on the NRS web archive
Divorces and dissolutions

Background information specifically about our divorce and dissolution statistics, on the NRS web archive
Adoptions

Background information specifically about our adoptions statistics, on the NRS web archive