# Health in East Ayrshire South west Scotland. 121,350 people (mid-2025 estimate) in 1,270 square kilometres. 4 layers about health for East Ayrshire, each at the level its publisher released it, with its own date and source. In: [Scotland](https://openindex.co.uk/scotland) ## Female life expectancy East Ayrshire: **78.9 years** (2022 to 2024, council level). Source: ONS life expectancy. Published 10 December 2025. A baby girl born in East Ayrshire could expect to live 78.9 years, based on deaths in 2022 to 2024. In Scotland the figure is 81.1 years. For the UK as a whole it is 83.0 years. East Ayrshire is joint 2nd lowest of 359 for female life expectancy. - Against Scotland: 3% lower (81.1 years) - Against the UK: 5% lower (83.0 years) [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/life-expectancy-female#place=S12000008) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/life-expectancy-female) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-female/scotland) · https://openindex.co.uk/east-ayrshire/health#l-life-expectancy-female ## GP practices Postcode level, Great Britain only. Source: NHS England and Public Health Scotland and Ordnance Survey. Published as points, so there is no single figure for East Ayrshire. The map shows each one. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/gp-practices#place=S12000008) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/gp-practices) · https://openindex.co.uk/east-ayrshire/health#l-gp-practices ## Male life expectancy East Ayrshire: **75.7 years** (2022 to 2024, council level). Source: ONS life expectancy. Published 10 December 2025. A baby boy born in East Ayrshire could expect to live 75.7 years, based on deaths in 2022 to 2024. In Scotland the figure is 77.2 years. For the UK as a whole it is 79.2 years. East Ayrshire is 12th lowest of 359 for male life expectancy. - Against Scotland: 2% lower (77.2 years) - Against the UK: 4% lower (79.2 years) [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/life-expectancy-male#place=S12000008) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/life-expectancy-male) · [Ranking](https://openindex.co.uk/rankings/life-expectancy-male/scotland) · https://openindex.co.uk/east-ayrshire/health#l-life-expectancy-male ## Number of GP practices East Ayrshire: **16** (2026, council level, Great Britain only). Source: Worked out by Open Index from NHS England's Organisation Data Service, Public Health Scotland and OS Code-Point Open. Published 15 October 2026. [Map](https://openindex.co.uk/map/number-of-gp-practices#place=S12000008) · [Source and method](https://openindex.co.uk/sources/number-of-gp-practices) · https://openindex.co.uk/east-ayrshire/health#l-gp-practices-count ## More on this place - [Overview](https://openindex.co.uk/east-ayrshire) - [Housing](https://openindex.co.uk/east-ayrshire/housing) (8) - [Crime](https://openindex.co.uk/east-ayrshire/crime) (6) - [People](https://openindex.co.uk/east-ayrshire/people) (15) - [Deprivation](https://openindex.co.uk/east-ayrshire/deprivation) (3) - [Education](https://openindex.co.uk/east-ayrshire/education) (2) - [Environment](https://openindex.co.uk/east-ayrshire/environment) (5) - [Transport](https://openindex.co.uk/east-ayrshire/transport) (4) - [Connectivity](https://openindex.co.uk/east-ayrshire/connectivity) (5) - [Economy](https://openindex.co.uk/east-ayrshire/economy) (4) - [Council tax](https://openindex.co.uk/east-ayrshire/council-tax) (2) - [Elections](https://openindex.co.uk/east-ayrshire/elections) (7) - [Local services](https://openindex.co.uk/east-ayrshire/services) (1) - [Sources](https://openindex.co.uk/east-ayrshire/sources) (22) The same figures as JSON: https://openindex.co.uk/v1/places/S12000008/data?family=health ## How to cite Source: Open Index, openindex.co.uk. Link to this page, https://openindex.co.uk/east-ayrshire/health, or to one figure with its anchor, https://openindex.co.uk/east-ayrshire/health#l-life-expectancy-female. Open Index's own text and the figures it works out are licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source data keeps its publishers' licences, named with each figure. Give each figure's period and source with it. Snapshot 2026.10.11. The HTML page: https://openindex.co.uk/east-ayrshire/health