Scots have the lowest life expectancy in the UK and people born in Dundee have one of the lowest in Scotland.
Although average life expectancy in Scotland has risen by almost three years for men and two years for women over the past decade, it still has the lowest average life expectancy of any UK region.
Figures released by the General Register of Scotland also expose a wide disparity in life expectancy between those in the most and least deprived areas of Scotland.
Men born in the 10 least deprived areas of Scotland can expect to live to 81.4 13.2 years longer than those born in the 10 most affluent areas, while women born in the 10 least deprived areas can expect to live for 84.6 years compared to 75.7 years for those in the most deprived parts of the country.
The average life expectancy for Scottish babies born today is now 75.85 years for men and 80.43 for women. This is shorter for both sexes 2.7 and 2.1 years respectively than in England, where male and female life expectancy is the highest in the UK.
People born in East Dunbartonshire have the highest life expectancy in Scotland. Men born there are expected to live for 79.4 years and women 82.7.
By comparison, life expectancy is lowest in Glasgow City, where men are expected to live to 71.6, while women are expected to live to 78.
Dundee has the fifth-lowest life expectancy for men and the fourth-lowest for women, with men living on average until 73.85 and women until 79.22.
Life expectancy for men born in Fife is 76.31 years and 80.73 for women, while in Angus it is 77.59 and 80.27, respectively, and in Perth and Kinross it is 79.06 and 82.34, respectively.
A Scottish Government spokesman said: ”Health in Scotland is improving, but we must continue to take action to address the health inequalities which exist between our more affluent and more deprived communities.
”These long-standing problems cannot be addressed overnight, but we are taking and will continue to take significant action to address them through our efforts to reduce alcohol consumption, cut smoking rates, encourage active living and healthy eating and promote positive mental health.
”Equally Well, the report of the ministerial task force on health inequalities, has already shifted the emphasis of our approach from dealing with the consequences of health inequalities to tackling the underlying causes such as poverty, employment, support for families and improving physical and social environments.
”Through Our Early Years Framework and Getting it Right for Every Child approach, we are also placing a strong emphasis on trying to give children, particularly those who are most disadvantaged, the best possible start in life as this can make a real difference to their future health and life chances.
”We also gave a clear commitment in the spending review to place a much greater focus on preventing spending in the early years, starting with a £50 million early years fund, because we know that every pound invested during the early years can not only save the taxpayer up to £9 later in a child’s life, but can also make a real difference to their future health and development.”
Scottish Labour health spokeswoman Jackie Baillie said: ”How long you live should not be determined by the postcode you are born in. It is a scandal that health inequality remains so stubbornly linked to income levels, poverty and deprivation.
”Poverty traps too many too early and remains too persistent to be tolerated in a country that aspires to brighter, healthier and fairer.
”With Scots continuing to have the lowest life expectancy in the whole of the UK, these figures should serve as a wake-up call for the SNP government to redouble its efforts to tackle poverty.”