HC Deb 20 June 1979 vol 968 cc608-9W
Mr. Ernie Ross

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the life expectancy at birth in (a) Tayside and (b) Scotland for men and women; and how these figures compare with the 1948 figures.

Mr. Fairgrieve

The information available is given in the table below; data for the Tayside region are not available for 1948.

Scotland who died of tuberculosis; and how this compares with the 1948 figure.

Mr. Fairgrieve

The number of deaths from tuberculosis in Scotland in 1978 was 133; the comparable figure for 1948 was 3,901.