Scottish Borders

This page provides some key statistics for the local authority area Scottish Borders together with the equivalent statistics for Scotland.

		Scottish Borders	Scotland
Population [Footnote 1]	All	111,430	5,144,200
	Males	53,998	2,485,599
	Females	57,432	2,658,601

Households [Footnote 2]		50,705	2,313,778

Births [Footnote 3]	Total	1,170	57,781
	Males	577	26,694
	Females	593	28,087

Standardised Birth Rate [Footnote 3,4]		13.3	11.2

Deaths [Footnote 3]	Total	1,299	55,986
	Males	630	26,985
	Females	669	29,091

Standardised Death Rate [Footnote 3,4]		10.0	10.9

Marriages [Footnote 3]		750	29,866

Civil Partnerships [Footnote 3]		17	688

Life Expectancy At Birth [Footnote 5]	All	78.7	77.4
	Males	76.6	74.8
	Females	80.7	79.7

Most Popular Babies Forenames [Footnote 6]	Boys	Lewis	Lewis
Most Popular Babies Forenames [Footnote 6]	Girls	Chloe & Jessica	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.