Covid-19 continues to drive fall in life expectancy in Scotland

周五 9月 23, 2022 12:49 am

Covid-19 continues to drive fall in life expectancy in Scotland

Life expectancy in Scotland has fallen for another year, with Covid deaths pushing the figure down, according to official data.

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A report from the National Records of Scotland (NRS) showed the average life expectancy at birth for men was 76.6 years and 80.8 years for women.

This was a decrease on last year's figures which had been the sharpest drop since 1980-1982.

The NRS said Covid-19 deaths accounted for the majority of the fall.

Scotland's 2019-2021 life expectancy figures are the lowest in the UK when compared to other countries' 2018-2020 figures.

The NRS report noted the most recent figures were not yet available for the other nations.

In Scotland, the fall in life expectancy for men and women was about 11 weeks and eight weeks respectively compared to last year's report.

In 2018-2020, life expectancy at birth was 82.9 years for females and 79 years for males across the UK as a whole - around two years higher than Scotland's figures from the same year.

Deprivation continues to have an impact on figures, the NRS said.

In the most deprived areas of Scotland, average life expectancy for men was 13.7 years lower than in the least deprived areas. For women, the difference was 10.5 years.

Life expectancy was highest in the Orkney Islands and lowest in Glasgow City for both men and women in 2019-2021.

The report said most of Scotland's councils had seen life expectancy fall over the last few years, while life expectancy was higher in rural areas than in urban areas.