Female life expectancy: highest and lowest councils in Scotland (2022 to 2024)

East Renfrewshire had the highest female life expectancy of Scotland’s 32 councils in 2022 to 2024, at 84.9 years.

Glasgow had the lowest, at 78.7 years. The middle council, Aberdeen, had 81.3 years.

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Female life expectancy for every council in Scotland, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
RankCouncilValue
1East Renfrewshire84.9 years
2East Dunbartonshire84.2 years
3Shetland Islands

ONS publishes a wide margin of error for this figure (the 95% interval spans more than two years), because the area is small.

83.9 years
4Aberdeenshire82.9 years
=5Orkney Islands

ONS publishes a wide margin of error for this figure (the 95% interval spans more than two years), because the area is small.

82.8 years
=5Perth and Kinross82.8 years
7Scottish Borders82.7 years
8East Lothian82.6 years
=9Edinburgh82.2 years
=9Moray82.2 years
=9Stirling82.2 years
=12Highland82.0 years
=12Midlothian82.0 years
14Argyll and Bute81.9 years
15Angus81.7 years
=16Aberdeen81.3 years
=16South Ayrshire81.3 years
18Dumfries and Galloway81.2 years
=19Fife80.9 years
=19Renfrewshire80.9 years
=21Na h-Eileanan Siar

ONS publishes a wide margin of error for this figure (the 95% interval spans more than two years), because the area is small.

80.8 years
=21West Lothian80.8 years
23South Lanarkshire80.5 years
24Clackmannanshire80.3 years
25Falkirk80.0 years
=26North Ayrshire79.7 years
=26West Dunbartonshire79.7 years
=28Dundee79.6 years
=28Inverclyde79.6 years
=30East Ayrshire78.9 years
=30North Lanarkshire78.9 years
32Glasgow78.7 years

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