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Life Expectancy

Background

Expectation of life is the average number of additional years a person could expect to live and can be calculated on either a period or a cohort basis. Period life expectancy is the average number of years a male or female would live if he or she experienced the age-specific mortality rates for that time period throughout his or her life. Cohort life expectancies are calculated using mortality rates which allow for known or projected changes in mortality in later years.

Factsheets

• Life Expectancy within Scotland, 2004-2006 (404 Kb)

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