Life Expectancy

Life expectancy in years, at birth and for age groups. Breakdowns are also given for deprivation (SIMD) and Urban Rural classification.

Life expectancy refers to the number of years that a person could expect to survive if the current mortality rates for each age group, sex and geographic area remain constant throughout their life. This is referred to as ‘period life expectancy’ and does not usually reflect the actual number of years that a person will survive. This is because it does not take into account changes in health care and other social factors that may occur through someone’s lifetime. However, life expectancy is a useful statistic as it provides a snapshot of the health of a population and allows the identification of inequalities between populations.

Further details are available on the NRS website

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Autor National Records of Scotland
Mirëmbajtësi National Records of Scotland
Ndryshuar së fundmi mars 18, 2025, 09:39 (UTC)
U krijua shkurt 14, 2025, 09:23 (UTC)
Accessibility and Clarity Life expectancy data, reports and supplementary material is available on the NRS website
Accuracy and Reliability Life expectancy at birth is an estimate which is subject to a margin of error. The accuracy of the results can be indicated by calculating a confidence interval within which the true underlying life expectancy would be expected to lie. The National Records of Scotland (NRS) have published research papers assessing the quality of the administrative data sources that are used in the production of mid-year population estimates. Please note that figures for 2020-2022 are provisional statistics. Usually, mid-year population estimates are used to calculate life expectancy. However, the populations for 2022 were taken from the 2020 based national population projections for Scottish life expectancy and from the 2018 based subnational projections for council and health board life expectancy. These figures will be superseded next year once rebased populations are available from the 2022 census. Figures by deprivation, urban-rural classification and Scottish Parliamentary Constituency for 2020-2022 are not available at this time.
Coherence and Comparability Time-series comparisons are currently appropriate at the council level. Care should be taken with comparisons at the NHS Board level until the time-series has been updated to include the corrected 2012 to 2014 mid-year estimates and the new 90 years and over upper age group. Urban Rural and SIMD Classifications change over time. Comparisons are suitable when the life expectancy estimate uses the same version of the classification as it will refer to the same areas. Further information can be found in Life Expectancy for Areas in Scotland, 2014-2016 publication on the NRS website. There are differences between complete life tables (calculated for single year of age) and abridged life tables (calculated for grouped ages). The Scotland level figures presented in this publication are calculated using abridged life tables to allow for comparison with the subnational figures. The definitive life expectancy estimates for Scotland are published in the national life tables on the NRS website.
Confidentiality Policy This dataset does not contain any sensitive or personal information.
Quality Management These data are quality assured by a statistician who was not involved in the publication. The council level data were also compared against those produced by ONS. The United Kingdom Statistics Authority (UKSA) has designated these statistics as National Statistics, in line with the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 and signifying compliance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics (available on the UKSA website). National Statistics status means that official statistics meet the highest standards of trustworthiness, quality and public value.
Ndërlidhja Used in monitoring and investigating health inequality issues within Scotland, setting public health targets, informing pensions policy, research and teaching.
Revisions The estimates used in the 2014-2016 publication were calculated using corrected mid-year population estimates for 2012, 2013 and 2014 which were published by NRS in April 2016..
Timeliness and Punctuality The estimates are based on the mortality probabilities indicated by the death records for the three years prior to the date of publication. For example, the 2014-2016 estimates were published in December 2017. The most recent estimates were published on the pre-announced date. This dataset will be updated annually
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headline Life expectancy in years, at birth and for age groups
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