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Life Expectancy: a data cube slice

Life expectancy in years, at birth and for age groups

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Dimensions
Dimension
Value
Age
  1. 0 years
  2. 1-4 years
  3. 5-9 years
  4. 10-14 years
  5. 15-19 years
  6. 20-24 years
  7. 25-29 years
  8. 30-34 years
  9. 35-39 years
  10. 40-44 years
  11. 45-49 years
  12. 50-54 years
  13. 55-59 years
  14. 60-64 years
  15. 65-69 years
  16. 70-74 years
  17. 75-79 years
  18. 80-84 years
  19. 85-89 years
  20. 90 years
Measure Type
  1. 95% Lower Confidence Limit
  2. 95% Upper Confidence Limit
  3. Count
Reference Period
  1. 1991-1993
  2. 1992-1994
  3. 1993-1995
  4. 1994-1996
  5. 1995-1997
  6. 1996-1998
  7. 1997-1999
  8. 1998-2000
  9. 1999-2001
  10. 2000-2002
  11. 2001-2003
  12. 2002-2004
  13. 2003-2005
  14. 2004-2006
  15. 2005-2007
  16. 2006-2008
  17. 2007-2009
  18. 2008-2010
  19. 2009-2011
  20. 2010-2012
  21. 2011-2013
  22. 2012-2014
  23. 2013-2015
  24. 2014-2016
  25. 2015-2017
  26. 2016-2018
  27. 2017-2019
  28. 2018-2020
Sex
  1. Female
  2. Male
Simd Quintiles
  1. 1 - most deprived
  2. 2
  3. 3
  4. 4
  5. 5 - least deprived
  6. All
Urban Rural Classification
  1. Accessible rural
  2. Accessible small towns
  3. All
  4. Large urban areas
  5. Other urban areas
  6. Remote rural
  7. Remote small towns
Reference Area
(showing types of area available in these data)
  1. Countries
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License
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/
Issued
23/03/2018
Modified
29/03/2022
Next update due
September 2022
Description

Life expectancy in years, at birth and for age groups. Breakdowns are also given for deprivation (SIMD) and Urban Rural classification.

Life expectancy refers to the number of years that a person could expect to survive if the current mortality rates for each age group, sex and geographic area remain constant throughout their life. This is referred to as ‘period life expectancy’ and does not usually reflect the actual number of years that a person will survive. This is because it does not take into account changes in health care and other social factors that may occur through someone’s lifetime. However, life expectancy is a useful statistic as it provides a snapshot of the health of a population and allows the identification of inequalities between populations.

Further details are available on the NRS website

Details
Confidentiality Policy

This dataset does not contain any sensitive or personal information.
Quality Management

These data are quality assured by a statistician who was not involved in the publication. The council level data were also compared against those produced by ONS.

The United Kingdom Statistics Authority (UKSA) has designated these statistics as National Statistics, in line with the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 and signifying compliance with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics (available on the UKSA website). National Statistics status means that official statistics meet the highest standards of trustworthiness, quality and public value.
Accuracy and Reliability

Life expectancy at birth is an estimate which is subject to a margin of error. The accuracy of the results can be indicated by calculating a confidence interval within which the true underlying life expectancy would be expected to lie. The National Records of Scotland (NRS) have published research papers assessing the quality of the administrative data sources that are used in the production of mid-year population estimates.
Coherence and Comparability

Time-series comparisons are currently appropriate at the council level.

Care should be taken with comparisons at the NHS Board level until the time-series has been updated to include the corrected 2012 to 2014 mid-year estimates and the new 90 years and over upper age group.

Urban Rural and SIMD Classifications change over time. Comparisons are suitable when the life expectancy estimate uses the same version of the classification as it will refer to the same areas.

Further information can be found in Life Expectancy for Areas in Scotland, 2014-2016 publication on the NRS website.

There are differences between complete life tables (calculated for single year of age) and abridged life tables (calculated for grouped ages). The Scotland level figures presented in this publication are calculated using abridged life tables to allow for comparison with the subnational figures. The definitive life expectancy estimates for Scotland are published in the national life tables on the NRS website.
Accessibility and Clarity

Life expectancy data, reports and supplementary material is available on the NRS website
Relevance

Used in monitoring and investigating health inequality issues within Scotland, setting public health targets, informing pensions policy, research and teaching.
Timeliness and Punctuality

The estimates are based on the mortality probabilities indicated by the death records for the three years prior to the date of publication. For example, the 2014-2016 estimates were published in December 2017. The most recent estimates were published on the pre-announced date.

This dataset will be updated annually
Revisions

The estimates used in the 2014-2016 publication were calculated using corrected mid-year population estimates for 2012, 2013 and 2014 which were published by NRS in April 2016..
URI

This slice of multidimensional data is not a Linked Data resource in the database: it's a virtual resource (i.e. you can't query it by SPARQL). But does have a permanent unique URL which can be bookmarked.

http://statistics.gov.scot/slice?dataset=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.gov.scot%2Fdata%2FLife-Expectancy&http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.gov.scot%2Fdef%2Fdimension%2FsimdQuintiles=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.gov.scot%2Fdef%2Fconcept%2Fsimd-quintiles%2F3
Dimensions Linked Data

A linked data-orientated view of dimensions and values

Dimension Locked Value
Simd Quintiles
http://statistics.gov.scot/def/dimension/simdQuintiles
 3
http://statistics.gov.scot/def/concept/simd-quintiles/3
Age
http://statistics.gov.scot/def/dimension/age
 (not locked to a value)
Reference Area
http://purl.org/linked-data/sdmx/2009/dimension#refArea
 (not locked to a value)
Reference Period
http://purl.org/linked-data/sdmx/2009/dimension#refPeriod
 (not locked to a value)
Sex
http://statistics.gov.scot/def/dimension/sex
 (not locked to a value)
Urban Rural Classification
http://statistics.gov.scot/def/dimension/urbanRuralClassification
 (not locked to a value)
Measure Type
http://purl.org/linked-data/cube#measureType
 (not locked to a value)