This map shows how female life expectancy varies across communities along the M74 corridor in South Lanarkshire. While overall life expectancy in South Lanarkshire is similar to the Scottish average, there are significant differences between local areas.

The map highlights a clear social gradient in health outcomes. Female life expectancy ranges from 85.9 years around Junction 5 to 77.2 years around Junction 8, a difference of nearly nine years (8.7 years) over a distance of approximately eight miles.

Moving further south, female life expectancy increases again to 81.7 years around Junction 9, representing a gain of just over four years (4.5 years) over a distance of around three miles.

These differences reflect the unequal distribution of health and wellbeing across communities and are closely linked to deprivation and wider social and economic inequalities.

Understanding these patterns is an important part of the South Lanarkshire Marmot Place Programme and supports a more targeted, place-based approach to reducing inequalities and improving health outcomes for local people.

Female Life Expectancy