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

East Renfrewshire had the highest male life expectancy of Scotland’s 32 councils in 2022 to 2024, at 81.5 years.

Glasgow had the lowest, at 74.3 years. The middle council, Aberdeen, had 77.3 years.

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Male life expectancy for every council in Scotland, highest first. Councils without a figure are listed last with the reason.
RankCouncilValue
1East Renfrewshire81.5 years
2East Dunbartonshire80.3 years
=3Aberdeenshire79.5 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.

79.5 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.

79.3 years
6Perth and Kinross79.1 years
7Scottish Borders79.0 years
8East Lothian78.7 years
9Stirling78.5 years
10Edinburgh78.3 years
=11Angus78.1 years
=11Argyll and Bute78.1 years
13Midlothian77.8 years
=14Highland77.7 years
=14Moray77.7 years
=16Aberdeen77.3 years
=16Fife77.3 years
=16West Lothian77.3 years
19Dumfries and Galloway77.2 years
=20Na 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.

76.8 years
=20South Ayrshire76.8 years
=20South Lanarkshire76.8 years
23Renfrewshire76.5 years
24Falkirk76.3 years
25Clackmannanshire75.9 years
26East Ayrshire75.7 years
27Inverclyde75.6 years
28Dundee75.3 years
29North Lanarkshire75.2 years
=30North Ayrshire75.0 years
=30West Dunbartonshire75.0 years
32Glasgow74.3 years

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