Healthy life expectancy: key data sources

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) publishes data at UK and lower levels on life expectancy (LE) and health expectancy.

National Records of Scotland (NRS, formerly the General Register Office for Scotland) publishes the definitive LE estimates for Scotland's administrative areas (council and NHS board), special areas (community health partnership; parliamentary constituency area; urban rural classification; deprivation quintile, decile and vigintile; and council area split by 15% most deprived and 85% least deprived data zones) and small areas (intermediate zone or geography).

The Scotland and European Health for All (HfA) Database publishes data for LE for Scotland and the 53 member states of the WHO European Region, including the UK. Although there are also indicators for disability-adjusted life expectancy (DALE) for countries including the UK, these are not available for Scotland separately.