Case for Change

Life expectancy had stalled across Grampian since before the pandemic. For men this is now 78 years. Although life expectancy for women is higher at 82 years, they spend nearly twenty years of their lives in poor health. This deterioration picture of health is similar to the trend observed in Scotland, and is worse for our most vulnerable communities. Women living in the most deprived areas in Grampian have an average life expectancy that is 6.2 years lower than women in the least deprived areas. For men, this difference is 8.3 years.

Across Scotland, people in the poorest areas spend more of their life in poorer health then their peers in the wealthiest areas: