With Sweden and increasing the gap with Lithuania.ģ.8 France has the highest female life expectancy in the EU at 85.7 years, 4.9 years Since 1999-2001 male life expectancy has improved, reducing the gap In Lithuania, male lifeĮxpectancy is 68.1 years, the lowest in the EU and 8.5 years lower than in Time, the gap has widened by 0.4 years compared with England, by 0.3 yearsĬompared with Northern Ireland and by 0.2 years compared with Wales.ģ.7 Male life expectancy in Sweden at 79.9 years is the highest among the EU’sĢ8 member states, 3.3 years higher than in Scotland. Females in ScotlandĬan expect to live 2.2 years fewer than females in England, 1.4 years fewer thanįemales in Wales and 1.5 years fewer than females in Northern Ireland. The gap with Northern Ireland hasģ.6 The pattern is similar for female life expectancy in Scotland. Gap with Wales has narrowed by 0.1 years.

In comparison to 1999-2001, the gap with England has remained constant and the Those in Scotland by 2.6 years, 1.6 years and 1.2 years respectively. Males in England, Wales and Northern Ireland can expect to live longer than Figure 2a: Life expectancy at birth in selected countries, 1999-2001 to 2010-2012 Males Figure 2b: Life expectancy at birth in selected countries, 1999-2001 to 2010-2012 Femalesģ.5 Scottish male life expectancy has been consistently lower than that of males inĮngland, Northern Ireland and Wales, although the gap has varied over time. The gap between UK and Scottish life expectancy is now wider than inġ999-2001, by 0.3 years for females. Still below the UK average, which is 78.9 years for males and 82.7 years forįemales. Males and France and Romania for females).ģ.4 Although male and female life expectancy continues to increase in Scotland, it is Lowest life expectancy in the European Union (EU) (Sweden and Lithuania for Since 1999-2001 can be seen in Figure 2a (males) and Figure 2b (females).Ĭomparisons are also given with life expectancy in the United Kingdom,Ĭountries within the UK and the countries that typically have the highest and Life expectancy has been increasing at a faster rate than for females sinceģ.3 The improvement in life expectancy at birth for males and females in Scotland Figure 1: Life expectancy at birth, Scotland 1, 1981-1983 to 2010-2012ģ.2 Figure 1 also shows that the gap between male and female life expectancy atīirth has decreased from 6.2 years in 1981-1983 to 4.2 years in 2010-2012. For females, life expectancy has increased fromħ5.5 years for those born in the period 1981-1983 to 80.8 years for those born inĢ010-2012, an increase of 5.3 years.

Males born in the period 1981-1983 to 76.6 years for those born in 2010-2012,Īn increase of 7.3 years. Life expectancy in Scotland, the UK and Europeģ.1 Figure 1 shows that the expectation of life at birth in Scotland has shownĬonstant improvement over the last 29 years. Life expectancy in Scotland, the UK and Europe Previous Contents Next 3.

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