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Highland

This page provides some key statistics for the local authority area Highland together with the equivalent statistics for Scotland.

 

 

Highland

Scotland

Population [Footnote 1]

        All

220,490

5,194,000

        Males

108,166

2,515,288

        Females

112,324

2,678,712

 

 

 

 

Households [Footnote 2]

 

100,906

2,444,436

 

 

 

 

Births

        Total

2,482

60,041

        Males

1,286

30,570

        Females

1,196

29,471

 

 

 

 

Standardised Birth Rate [Footnote 3,4]

 

13.6

11.6

 

 

 

 

Deaths

        Total

2,314

55,700

        Males

1,135

26,504

        Females

1,179

29,196

 

 

 

 

Standardised Death Rate [Footnote 3,4]

 

10.5

10.8

 

 

 

 

Marriages

 

1,644

28,903

 

 

 

 

Civil Partnerships [Footnote 3]

 

14

525

 

 

 

 

Life Expectancy At Birth

        All

78.4

77.5

        Males

75.9

75.0

        Females

80.8

79.9

 

 

 

 

Most Popular Babies Forenames [Footnote 6]

        Boys

Daniel

Jack

        Girls

Sophie

Sophie

 

 

 

 

1. At 30 June 2009.
2. At 30 June 2009.
3. For the calendar year 2008.
4. Per 1,000 population.
5. For years 2006-08.
6. For the calendar year 2009.

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