Life Tables for Scotland 2016-2018

National life tables

Table 1 contains period life expectancy for Scotland back to 1861-70. Each life expectancy figure is based on aggregate mortality rates for the groups of years shown. The data provides a historical comparison in which fluctuations in mortality that occur between calendar years have been smoothed out to some extent.

Table 2 shows extracts from the most recent Scottish National Life Tables (also known as period life tables or ungraduated life tables) for selected ages.

Table 3 contains period life expectancy for Scotland back to 1980 based on a single year of data. These figures are provided for information only, official life expectancy figures for Scotland should come from the three year averages in table 1 and table 2.

Table 4 shows the most recent full Scottish National Life Tables by sex and single year of age

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