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Life Expectancy for Administrative Areas within Scotland, 2004-2006

Table 3 Life expectancy at birth in Scotland 2004-06 by administrative area, and comparisons with 1994-96 (Females)

 

2004-06
Years 1

1994-96
Years 1

2004-06
Rank

1994-96
Rank

Difference
in years

%
difference

Scotland

79.6

77.8

-

-

1.8

2.3

Council areas

Aberdeen City

80.1

78.7

16

9

1.4

1.8

Aberdeenshire

81.2

79.8

5

1

1.3

1.6

Angus

79.7

78.5

19

15

1.2

1.6

Argyll & Bute

80.6

78.4

10

17

2.2

2.8

Clackmannanshire

78.8

77.4

26

26

1.3

1.7

Dumfries & Galloway

80.4

78.7

14

8

1.6

2.0

Dundee City

79.2

77.8

23

21

1.4

1.8

East Ayrshire

78.2

77.5

29

24

0.7

0.9

East Dunbartonshire

81.7

79.0

2

6

2.7

3.4

East Lothian

80.7

78.6

8

12

2.1

2.7

East Renfrewshire

81.9

79.6

1

3

2.3

2.9

Edinburgh, City of

80.9

78.5

7

16

2.5

3.1

Eilean Siar

79.9

78.7

18

11

1.2

1.5

Falkirk

79.4

77.6

21

22

1.8

2.3

Fife

80.1

78.6

15

13

1.5

1.9

Glasgow City

77.0

75.4

32

32

1.5

2.0

Highland

80.6

78.7

11

10

1.9

2.4

Inverclyde

77.8

76.4

30

30

1.4

1.9

Midlothian

79.7

77.4

20

25

2.3

2.9

Moray

79.9

78.8

17

7

1.1

1.4

North Ayrshire

79.0

77.8

25

20

1.2

1.5

North Lanarkshire

78.2

76.3

28

31

1.9

2.5

Orkney Islands

81.0

79.8

6

2

1.2

1.5

Perth & Kinross

81.2

78.6

4

14

2.6

3.3

Renfrewshire

78.4

77.2

27

28

1.2

1.5

Scottish Borders

80.5

79.2

13

5

1.3

1.7

Shetland Islands

81.5

79.2

3

4

2.3

2.9

South Ayrshire

80.5

78.3

12

18

2.2

2.8

South Lanarkshire

79.3

77.4

22

27

2.0

2.5

Stirling

80.6

78.2

9

19

2.5

3.1

West Dunbartonshire

77.7

76.4

31

29

1.3

1.7

West Lothian

79.0

77.6

24

23

1.4

1.8

NHS board areas

Ayrshire & Arran

79.2

77.9

12

11

1.3

1.7

Borders

80.5

79.2

5

4

1.3

1.7

Dumfries & Galloway

80.4

78.7

7

5

1.6

2.0

Fife

80.1

78.6

9

7

1.5

1.9

Forth Valley

79.6

77.8

11

12

1.9

2.4

Grampian

80.6

79.2

4

2

1.4

1.7

Greater Glasgow & Clyde 2

78.2

76.4

14

14

1.8

2.4

Highland 2

80.6

78.6

3

8

2.0

2.5

Lanarkshire

78.7

76.9

13

13

1.8

2.3

Lothian

80.4

78.3

6

9

2.2

2.8

Orkney

81.0

79.8

2

1

1.2

1.5

Shetland

81.5

79.2

1

3

2.3

2.9

Tayside

80.1

78.2

8

10

1.9

2.4

Western Isles

79.9

78.7

10

6

1.2

1.5

Argyll & Clyde 3

78.8

77.3

-

-

1.6

2.0

Greater Glasgow & Clyde pt.

78.3

76.9

-

-

1.4

1.8

Highland pt.

80.6

78.4

-

-

2.2

2.8

Greater Glasgow 3

78.2

76.2

-

-

2.0

2.6

Highland 3

80.6

78.7

-

-

1.9

2.4

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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