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Life Expectancy for Administrative Areas within Scotland, 2004-2006

Table 2 Life expectancy at birth in Scotland 2004-06 by administrative area, and comparisons with 1994-96 (Males)

 

2004-06
Years 1

1994-96
Years 1

2004-06
Rank

1994-96
Rank

Difference
in years

%
difference

Scotland

74.6

72.1

-

-

2.5

3.5

Council areas

Aberdeen City

74.9

72.9

20

16

2.0

2.8

Aberdeenshire

77.0

74.9

3

2

2.1

2.8

Angus

76.2

73.5

9

9

2.7

3.6

Argyll & Bute

75.8

72.2

14

21

3.6

5.0

Clackmannanshire

73.2

73.0

27

15

0.2

0.2

Dumfries & Galloway

76.1

73.7

10

7

2.4

3.3

Dundee City

73.6

71.3

25

27

2.3

3.2

East Ayrshire

74.5

72.1

22

23

2.4

3.3

East Dunbartonshire

78.0

74.8

1

4

3.2

4.3

East Lothian

76.3

73.8

8

5

2.5

3.4

East Renfrewshire

77.2

75.5

2

1

1.8

2.4

Edinburgh, City of

75.8

72.6

13

17

3.2

4.4

Eilean Siar

73.0

71.0

29

29

2.0

2.8

Falkirk

74.5

72.5

21

19

2.0

2.8

Fife

75.5

73.1

16

13

2.4

3.2

Glasgow City

70.5

68.0

32

32

2.5

3.7

Highland

75.2

72.5

17

18

2.7

3.7

Inverclyde

72.2

68.8

30

31

3.4

4.9

Midlothian

75.1

73.4

19

10

1.7

2.3

Moray

75.8

73.0

12

14

2.8

3.8

North Ayrshire

73.9

71.9

24

24

2.1

2.9

North Lanarkshire

73.0

71.2

28

28

1.8

2.6

Orkney Islands

76.0

73.3

11

11

2.7

3.7

Perth & Kinross

76.5

73.6

6

8

2.9

3.9

Renfrewshire

73.4

71.5

26

26

1.9

2.6

Scottish Borders

76.5

74.8

7

3

1.7

2.2

Shetland Islands

76.6

71.6

5

25

4.9

6.9

South Ayrshire

75.8

73.7

15

6

2.1

2.8

South Lanarkshire

74.4

72.1

23

22

2.3

3.2

Stirling

76.6

73.2

4

12

3.4

4.7

West Dunbartonshire

71.8

70.4

31

30

1.3

1.9

West Lothian

75.2

72.4

18

20

2.8

3.9

NHS board areas

Ayrshire & Arran

74.7

72.5

11

9

2.2

3.0

Borders

76.5

74.8

2

1

1.7

2.2

Dumfries & Galloway

76.1

73.7

3

3

2.4

3.3

Fife

75.5

73.1

7

5

2.4

3.2

Forth Valley

74.9

72.8

10

7

2.1

2.9

Grampian

76.1

73.7

4

2

2.3

3.1

Greater Glasgow & Clyde 2

72.5

69.9

14

14

2.5

3.6

Highland 2

75.4

72.4

9

10

2.9

4.1

Lanarkshire

73.7

71.7

12

11

2.0

2.8

Lothian

75.7

72.8

6

6

2.9

4.0

Orkney

76.0

73.3

5

4

2.7

3.7

Shetland

76.6

71.6

1

12

4.9

6.9

Tayside

75.4

72.7

8

8

2.7

3.7

Western Isles

73.0

71.0

13

13

2.0

2.8

Argyll & Clyde 3

73.5

71.0

-

-

2.5

3.5

Greater Glasgow & Clyde pt.

72.8

70.6

-

-

2.1

3.0

Highland pt.

75.8

72.2

-

-

3.6

5.0

Greater Glasgow 3

72.3

69.6

-

-

2.7

3.8

Highland 3

75.2

72.5

-

-

2.7

3.7

1 The results may vary from year to year, particularly those based on small populations.
2 New NHS Board areas including parts of former Argyll & Clyde.
3 Former NHS Board areas (before dissolution of Argyll & Clyde on 1 April 2006).
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