The Registrar General for Scotland today published a report on Life Expectancy for Administrative Areas within Scotland, 2005-2007.

The report, based on the period 2005-2007, shows that life expectancy at birth for Scotland has improved over the last 10 years from 72.3 years to 74.8 years for men and 77.9 years to 79.7 years for women.

Commenting on these results, Registrar General for Scotland Duncan Macniven said:  

“Today’s figures show that the steady increase in life expectancy is continuing.  Over the past 10 years, the gap between men and women has narrowed, and so has the gap between the council areas with the best and poorest life expectancy for men, although it has widened for women.  But Scots can still expect to live shorter lives than any country in Western Europe, and 4 to 5 years shorter than the countries with the highest life expectancy.”