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Glasgow has lowest life expectancy in the UK, ONS figures show
Statistics from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have shown that Glasgow has the lowest life expectancy of any region in the UK, with 1,448 deaths per 100,000 of the population.
The recorded figure is 56 per cent higher than the city’s neighbouring East Dunbartonshire, which had 926 deaths per 100,000.
The data indicated that Scotland as a whole had the poorest life expectancy of any of the UK nations with an average of 1,177 per 100,000, compared to England's rate of 989.6 per 100,000.
If found that mortality rates for men in Glasgow stood at 1,787, while West Dunbartonshire had the poorest life expectancy for women with a figure of 1,246 per 100,000.
The ONS commented: "The substantial variation in mortality rates between different local areas reflects underlying differences in factors such as income deprivation, socio-economic position and health behaviour."
The figures were in line with other publications which have shown wide differences between local authority areas.
However, data from the National Records of Scotland (NRS) covering 2011-13 suggested that both men and women were living longer, with a life expectancy of 76.8 years for men and 80.9 years for women.
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