UK Cities

Male life expectancy, Glasgow compared to selected other UK cities
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Male life expectancy in Glasgow has improved but remains lower than in other parts of the UK. In the period shown, 2018-2020, increased mortality due to the Covid-19 pandemic (which began in early 2020) has led to a sharp reduction in life expectancy in most of the cities. In 2018-20, a boy born in Glasgow was estimated to be likely to live for 73.1 years, over 5 years longer than in the early 1990s, but still 3 years less than in Liverpool and 5.5 years less than in Sheffield.

Female life expectancy, Glasgow compared to selected other UK cities

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Female life expectancy in Glasgow has improved over the last decade but remains lower than in other UK cities. Although female life expectancy has increased overall in the last 20 years, female life expectancy in Glasgow and several other UK cities has started to reduce in recent years. In the period shown, 2018-2020, increased mortality due to the Covid-19 pandemic (which began in early 2020) has led to a further reduction in life expectancy. In 2018-20, a girl born in Glasgow was estimated to be likely to live for 78.3 years, 3.5 years longer than in the early 1990s, but still 1.6 years less than in Manchester and 4.4 years less than in Bristol.

Notes

The data underlying these graphs come from a National Records of Scotland publication and an ONS publication.

In August 2021 the GCPH published Health in a changing city: Glasgow 2021, a report that examined demographic, socio-economic, environmental and health trends in Glasgow over the last two decades and included trends in life expectancy by neighbourhood and by deprivation were included.