City of Edinburgh

This page provides some key statistics for the local authority area City of Edinburgh together with the equivalent statistics for Scotland.

		City of Edinburgh	Scotland
Population [Footnote 1]	All	468,070	5,144,200
	Males	225,926	2,485,599
	Females	242,144	2,658,601

Households [Footnote 2]		216,524	2,313,778

Births [Footnote 3]	Total	5,056	57,781
	Males	2,596	29,694
	Females	2,460	28,087

Standardised Birth Rate [Footnote 3,4]		8.1	11.2

Deaths [Footnote 3]	Total	4,293	55,986
	Males	1,992	26,895
	Females	2,301	29,091

Standardised Death Rate [Footnote 3,4]		9.7	10.9

Marriages [Footnote 3]		2,638	29,866

Civil Partnerships [Footnote 3]		190	688

Life Expectancy At Birth [Footnote 5]	All	78.7	77.4
	Males	76.2	74.8
	Females	81.0	79.7

Most Popular Babies Forenames [Footnote 6]	Boys	Jack	Lewis
Most Popular Babies Forenames [Footnote 6]	Girls	Sophie	Sophie

1. At 30 June 2007. 2. At 30 June 2007. 3. For the calendar year 2007. 4. Per 1,000 population. 5. For years 2005-07. 6. For the calendar year 2007.