A new report has revealed levels of life expectancy in Stirling are higher than the national average.
The data from the National Records of Scotland has reported a life expectancy for men in the region of 77.4 years, while women in Stirling can be expected to live on average 81.5 years. Both figures are above the Scottish figure - which sits at 80.8 years for women and 76.5 for men.
Stirling is also higher than the figure assessed for the Forth Valley health board as a whole - with life expectancy measured at 80.6 years for women and 76.4 in the three council areas included.
The impact of deprivation on life expectancy rates is also demonstrated in the figures - in the most deprived areas of Scotland, average male life expectancy was 13.7 years lower than in the least deprived areas and for females the difference was 10.5 years.
Most of Scotland’s council areas have seen rates fall over recent years, while Scotland as a whole has the lowest life expectancy of all four UK nations.
Julie Ramsay, Head of Vital Events Statistics at NRS, said: “Life expectancy has decreased by more than 11 weeks for males and almost 8 weeks for females since 2018-2020. Our analysis shows that Covid-19 deaths accounted for the vast majority of the fall in life expectancy for both males and females.
