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Life Expectancy

Background

Expectation of life is the average number of additional years a person could expect to live and can be calculated on either a period or a cohort basis. Period life expectancy is the average number of years a male or female would live if he or she experienced the age-specific mortality rates for that time period throughout his or her life. Cohort life expectancies are calculated using mortality rates which allow for known or projected changes in mortality in later years.

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Life Expectancy at Scotland Level

Life Expectancy at Scottish Administrative Area and Special Area Level

Healthy Life Expectancy

Life Expectancy Figures for Small Areas

Life expectancy at birth by intermediate zones, based on the period 2001-2005, was previously published by Information Services Division. The General Register Office for Scotland have produced an update to these figures, which can be found in the Life Expectancy in Intermediate Zones, 2003-2007.

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