3.1. The population estimates for males and females aged 85 and over, by single year of age (85, 86, 87 etc) up to the age of 104 and then aggregated to 105 and over, for Scotland, from 2002 to 2006, are shown in Table 1.
3.2. The figures have been rounded to the nearest 10, to allow for methodological inaccuracies.
3.3. As Chart 1 below shows, in 2006, elderly females outnumbered elderly men. In fact, females made up just over 76% of the ‘90 and over’ age group and 88% of centenarians.
3.4. Chart 2 shows the number of centenarians in Scotland from 2002 to 2006. The population of centenarians increased from 560 to 680 over the period and the proportion of male centenarians rose from 9% to 12%.