Definitions

• Mortality Relative Risk: Risk of death for an average individual in each neighbourhood (data zone) relative to the Scottish national death rate at the selected age and sex. For example, if the Mortality Relative Risk in the selected neighbourhood is given as 1.36, then this means that mortality is 36% higher than the national average.
• Remaining Life Expectancy: The predicted remaining lifetime (years and months) for an average individual living in a given neighbourhood (data zone) from the selected age. The calculation assumes no future improvements in mortality.

Resources:

• Web-based THISLE App
  The THISLE App allows users to map and explore mortality inequalities at different geographical levels (including local authorities, Scottish parliamentary constituencies and UK parliamentary constituencies).
  The app is best viewed on a laptop or tablet.
• Interactive maps covering the whole of Scotland:
  • You can zoom in or out and hover over individual neighbourhoods to get more detail.
  • Life expectancy from birth for males
  • Life expectancy from birth for females
• Static maps: zoomable but no underlying geographical detail
  • Female life expectancy at age 0; whole of Scotland
  • Female life expectancy at age 0; central Scotland only
  • Male life expectancy at age 0; whole of Scotland
  • Male life expectancy at age 0; central Scotland only
• Data tables:
  • Table by data zone of life expectancies at ages 0 and 65 and mortality relative risks at ages 40 and 65: download Excel file
• If you would like alternative customised maps or datasets (Excel), please contact the research team.

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