What the (a) birth, (b) mortality and (c) life expectancy rates were for (i) males and (ii) females in each of the last eight years, broken…

The latest information availableis given in the following tables.
(a) BirthRates1 by Sex and Health Board Area, 1996-2003

| 1996
| 1997
| 1998
| 1999
| 2000
| 2001
| 2002
| 2003

(i) Males
|

Scotland
| 6.0
| 6.0
| 5.8
| 5.6
| 5.4
| 5.3
| 5.2
| 5.3

Argyll and Clyde
| 6.1
| 6.1
| 5.5
| 5.4
| 5.3
| 4.9
| 4.8
| 5.0

Ayrshire and Arran
| 5.6
| 5.8
| 5.6
| 5.2
| 5.0
| 5.1
| 4.9
| 5.0

Borders
| 5.3
| 5.3
| 5.1
| 5.0
| 5.1
| 4.9
| 4.9
| 4.9

Dumfries and Galloway
| 5.6
| 5.4
| 5.2
| 4.8
| 4.7
| 4.5
| 4.8
| 4.4

Fife
| 5.6
| 5.5
| 5.7
| 5.5
| 5.2
| 5.3
| 5.2
| 5.3

Forth Valley
| 6.1
| 5.9
| 6.0
| 5.6
| 5.3
| 5.1
| 5.2
| 5.5

Grampian
| 5.9
| 6.0
| 5.8
| 5.6
| 5.3
| 5.0
| 5.2
| 5.1

Greater Glasgow
| 6.4
| 6.4
| 6.1
| 5.8
| 5.7
| 5.7
| 5.4
| 5.7

Highland
| 6.0
| 6.1
| 6.1
| 5.8
| 5.4
|