GROS Life Expectancy in Special Areas (Urban/Rural, Deprivation and Community Health Partnership) within Scotland, 2004-2006

Table 6: Life expectancy at birth¹ by Urban/Rural classification 2004-2006, with 95% upper and lower confidence intervals (Males and Females)

	Expectation of life at birth	Lower 95% CI	Upper 95% CI	Expectation of life at birth	Lower 95% CI	Upper 95% CI
	Males			Females
	Years	Years	Years	Years	Years	Years
Scotland	74.64	74.54	74.74	79.57	79.48	79.66
Urban/Rural classification
Large Urban Areas	73.37	73.21	73.53	78.93	78.78	79.07
Other Urban Areas	74.53	74.35	74.72	79.35	79.18	79.51
Accessible Small Towns	75.35	75.01	75.68	79.80	79.50	80.10
Remote Small Towns	74.14	73.59	74.69	80.27	79.83	80.71
Accessible Rural	76.75	76.46	77.04	80.85	80.60	81.09
Remote Rural	76.92	76.52	77.32	80.93	80.55	81.31

1 The results may vary from year to year, particularly those based on small populations.