Photo: M J Richardson · CC BY-SA 2.0Across Dundee, life expectancy spans 18 years from one area to another
Inside the city, men’s life expectancy runs from 65.6 in Menzieshill to 83.5 in Westend, 1.3 miles apart. Life expectancy is 74.6 for men and 79.1 for women. They cover 2020 to 2024 and the intermediate zones around Dundee, against 76.6 and 80.9 across Scotland’s towns. Dundee grades D− for health: life expectancy, and Census bad health and disability adjusted for age; 241st of 296 Scottish towns.
What stands out about health in Dundee
An 18-year gap from one part of Dundee to another
Men in Westend can expect to live to 83.5, longer than Scotland’s towns’ average of 76.6. In Menzieshill, 1.3 miles away, the figure is 65.6. For women the range is 73.0 in Linlathen and Midcraigie to 87.4 in Broughty Ferry East. Neighbourhoods ↓
More early deaths than across Scotland
In 2022 to 2024, the areas around Dundee recorded 580 deaths under 75 per 100,000 people, against 435 across Scotland, standardised for age. Against Scotland ↓
The nearest A&E sees more patients within four hours than Scotland’s
Ninewells Hospital saw 86% of patients within four hours in the 12 months to August 2026, against 63% across Scotland’s full emergency departments. The standard is 95%. A&E ↓
Written from Public Health Scotland, NHS Scotland and SIMD figures on this page. Life expectancy covers 2020 to 2024; neighbourhoods are 2011 intermediate zones.
Dundee grades D− for health
Healthier than 4% of UK towns, on age-adjusted measures.
Behind the typical UK town on every measure. Even its strongest, Census bad health and disability, are in the bottom 15% of UK towns; men’s life expectancy and women’s life expectancy are furthest behind. Among the 7 Scottish towns of 53,000 to 389,000 people, Dundee’s Health Grade is the 6th highest.
Each measure is ranked against every UK town of 1,000 or more, the ranks are averaged, and the average is ranked again. Every measure allows for the town’s ages: life expectancy is worked out from the death rate at each age, so it doesn’t depend on how old the town’s residents are; the Census answers are counted against what England and Wales’s rates by single year of age would give a town with these ages, so a seaside town of retired people isn’t marked down for being old.
Scottish towns’ Health Grades use Public Health Scotland’s life expectancy for 2020 to 2024 in the small areas that make up the town, and two Census 2022 measures, bad health and disability, adjusted for age to the same standard as England and Wales. Healthy life expectancy isn’t published for Scotland’s small areas, and its early-death and hospital figures are rates on Scotland’s own standard rather than England’s, so the page compares those with Scotland without grading them.
Men’s life expectancy across Dundee runs from 65.6 to 83.5
Life expectancy at birth, 2020–24, in 31 intermediate zones overlapping Dundee. Circles show men’s life expectancy and are sized by residents in the town.
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| 2011 intermediate zone | Men | Women | Of town residents |
|---|---|---|---|
| Westend | 83.5 | 86.6 | 4% |
| Broughty Ferry West | 82.4 | 83.2 | 3% |
| West Ferry | 82.0 | 82.3 | 2% |
| Baxter Park | 81.5 | 84.5 | 2% |
| Barnhill | 81.1 | 85.4 | 3% |
| Broughty Ferry East | 80.9 | 87.4 | 2% |
| Western Edge | 80.5 | 83.4 | 2% |
| Downfield | 79.8 | 83.5 | 3% |
| West Pitkerro | 79.8 | 81.4 | 4% |
| Balgay | 78.4 | 82.5 | 3% |
| Kirkton | 76.3 | 76.4 | 3% |
| Caird Park | 75.2 | 81.1 | 2% |
| Whitfield | 74.8 | 78.1 | 4% |
| Charleston | 74.3 | 78.6 | 3% |
| Craigie and Craigiebank | 74.2 | 78.9 | 3% |
| Fairmuir | 74.1 | 80.9 | 2% |
| Fintry | 73.8 | 78.2 | 4% |
| Logie and Blackness | 73.2 | 78.0 | 4% |
| Ardler and St Marys | 72.7 | 78.0 | 4% |
| Lochee | 72.6 | 78.4 | 4% |
| Law | 72.3 | 77.7 | 3% |
| Hilltown | 71.8 | 74.8 | 3% |
| Linlathen and Midcraigie | 71.4 | 73.0 | 4% |
| Douglas East | 71.4 | 74.5 | 2% |
| Douglas West | 70.4 | 75.0 | 3% |
| Stobswell | 70.0 | 76.6 | 4% |
| Perth Road | 70.0 | 75.8 | 5% |
| The Glens | 69.7 | 78.5 | 3% |
| Docks and Wellgate | 69.3 | 76.6 | 4% |
| City Centre | 68.0 | 75.4 | 4% |
| Menzieshill | 65.6 | 76.5 | 3% |
Public Health Scotland, ScotPHO, 2011 intermediate zones, 2020 to 2024. An area counts when at least 30% of its Census 2022 residents live in the town; each figure covers the whole zone, including residents outside the town. Comparisons are with Scotland’s towns.
Ninewells Hospital saw 86% of patients within four hours
The nearest full emergency department in Scotland to Dundee, 1.5 mi away. Last 12 months: September 2025 to August 2026.
Nearest emergency care
| Nearest emergency care | Distance | Within 4 hours, last 12 months |
|---|---|---|
| Ninewells Hospital ↗ Emergency department · NHS Tayside | 1.5 mi | 86% |
| St Andrews Community Hospital ↗ Minor injury unit / other emergency care · NHS Fife | 12 mi | 99% |
| Whitehills Health and Community Care Centre ↗ Minor injury unit / other emergency care · NHS Tayside | 13 mi | — |
| Arbroath Infirmary ↗ Minor injury unit / other emergency care · NHS Tayside | 15 mi | 100% |
| Perth Royal Infirmary ↗ Emergency department · NHS Tayside | 20 mi | 87% |
| Victoria Hospital (NHS Fife) ↗ Emergency department · NHS Fife | 25 mi | 62% |
The four-hour standard is 95% from arrival to admission, transfer or discharge. Scotland’s comparison pools all full emergency departments, including children’s departments. Minor injury units and other emergency care sites treat a different mix of patients; they are shown separately. A dash means a complete matching 12 months is unavailable. Check opening hours before travelling.
Public Health Scotland, monthly A&E activity, published 6 October 2026, through August 2026. Counts include planned and unplanned attendances, using the published All category once. Site types: NHS Scotland A&E site list, 9 September 2025. Distances are straight lines from the town centre to postcode locations; journeys can be much longer, especially across water.
Dundee does worse than Scotland on these measures
Public Health Scotland’s figures for the small areas that make up Dundee. Life expectancy beside Scotland’s towns (2020 to 2024); early deaths and emergency hospitalisations, age-standardised, beside Scotland (2022 to 2024).
Life expectancy, men years
Life expectancy, women years
Deaths under 75 per 100,000
Emergency hospitalisations per 100,000
Life expectancy, men, life expectancy, women, deaths under 75 and emergency hospitalisations are worse than Scotland’s.
Men’s life expectancy in Dundee is 0.5 years below the Scottish income-deprivation line
Each dot is a Scottish town. Across 295 towns, income deprivation and men’s life expectancy have a correlation of −0.83.
For 16% income deprivation, the Scottish line predicts 75.1 years for men; Dundee records 74.6. A difference from this line does not establish the cause or measure healthcare quality.
Health indicators behind SIMD 2020
| Measure | Town’s areas | Source period |
|---|---|---|
| Deaths, all ages | 114.4 | 2014–17 |
| Emergency hospital stays | 110.3 | 2014/15–2017/18 |
| Anxiety, depression or psychosis prescriptions | 22% | 2017/18 |
Scottish Government, SIMD 2020v2, 2011 data zones shared to the town by Census 2022 residents. The health-deprived fifth means health-domain deciles 1–2; it is a share of residents, not an averaged rank. The older deaths and emergency-stay indicators are age-sex-standardised ratios (Scotland = 100), averaged by residents; prescriptions are a percentage. Income deprivation uses published deprived counts and population denominators. Life expectancy: ScotPHO, 2020–24. These are context only; no new measure feeds the Health Grade.
Care in and near Dundee
For urgent advice during opening hours, contact your GP practice. In an emergency, call 999.
20 GP practices in Dundee
Main practice addresses inside the Census 2022 locality. Branch surgeries are not separately counted.
| Practice | Registered patients |
|---|---|
| Ancrum Medical Centre Ancrum Medical Centre, 12 Ancrum Road, Dundee DD2 2HZ | 5,572 |
| Ancrum One Ancrum One, Ancrum Medical Centre, 12 Ancrum Road, Dundee DD2 2HZ | 5,121 |
| Broughty Family Healthcare Broughty Family Healthcare, 103 Brown Street, Broughty Ferry, Dundee DD5 1EP | 9,272 |
| Coldside Medical Practice Coldside Medical Practice, 129 Strathmartine Road, Dundee DD3 8DB | 9,936 |
| Downfield Surgery Downfield Surgery, 325 Strathmartine Road, Dundee DD3 8NE | 8,657 |
| Erskine Practice Erskine Practice, Arthurstone Medical Centre, 39 Arthurstone Terrace, Dundee DD4 6QY | 7,979 |
| Family Medical Group Family Medical Group, Douglas Health Centre, Balunie Avenue, DUNDEE DD4 8XZ | 8,493 |
| Grove Health Centre Grove Health Centre, 129 Dundee Road, Broughty Ferry, Dundee DD5 1DU | 6,394 |
| Hawkhill Medical Centre Hawkhill Medical Centre, Hawkhill, Dundee DD1 5LA | 11,373 |
| Hillbank Health Centre Hillbank Health Centre, 1a Constitution Street, Dundee DD3 6NF | 8,336 |
| Lochee Medical Practice Lochee Medical Practice, 1 Marshall Street, Dundee DD2 3BR | 5,320 |
| Maryfield Medical Centre Maryfield Medical Centre, 28 Mains Loan, Dundee DD4 7AA | 6,819 |
| Mill Practice Mill Practice, Arthurstone Medical Practice, 39 Arthurstone Terrace, Dundee DD4 6QY | 8,727 |
| Nethergate Medical Centre Nethergate Medical Centre, 2 Tay Square, Dundee DD1 1PB | 8,290 |
| Newfield Medical Group Newfield Medical Group, The Crescent, 71 Lothian Crescent, DUNDEE DD4 0HU | 7,949 |
| Princes Street Surgery Princes Street Surgery, 155 Princes Street, Dundee DD4 6DG | 9,202 |
| Tay Court Surgery Tay Court Surgery, 50 South Tay Street, Dundee DD1 1PF | 10,336 |
| Taybank Medical Centre Taybank Medical Centre, 10 Robertson Street, Dundee DD4 6EL | 9,433 |
| Terra Nova Medical Practice LLP Terra Nova Medical Practice LLP, Terra Nova House, 43 Dura Street, Dundee DD4 6SW | 8,199 |
| Westgate Medical Practice Westgate Medical Practice, Westgate Health Centre, Charleston Drive, Dundee DD2 4AD | 13,422 |
Practice lists include patients living outside the town. List size does not measure staffing, appointment availability or care quality.
Public Health Scotland, GP practice contact details and list sizes, 1 July 2026. Addresses assigned by postcode to NRS Census 2022 output areas and localities. Find a GP practice →
27 NHS dental practices in Dundee
Practices and NHS registrations at 31 March 2026. Whether a practice takes new NHS patients is not in the open data; ask the practice.
| Practice | NHS registrations |
|---|---|
| 131 HIGH STREET LOCHEE, DUNDEE DD2 3BX | 10,109 |
| 134 ALBERT STREET DUNDEE, NA DD4 6QN | 6,484 |
| 143 KINGSWAY EAST DUNDEE, NA DD4 8BX | 1,979 |
| 146 DENTAL CARE 146 NETHERGATE, DUNDEE DD1 4EA | 7,697 |
| 196 BROOK STREET BROUGHTY FERRY, DUNDEE DD5 2AH | 7,197 |
| 1ST FLOOR 21 ALBERT SQUARE, DUNDEE DD1 1DJ | 1,828 |
| 26 UNION STREET (DOWNSTAIRS) DUNDEE, NA DD1 4BE | 732 |
| 38 WHITEHALL STREET DUNDEE, NA DD1 4AF | 4,729 |
| 56 TORRIDON ROAD BROUGHTY FERRY, DUNDEE DD5 3HB | — |
| BROUGHTY FERRY DENTAL CARE 361 BROOK STREET, BROUGHTY FERRY, DUNDEE DD5 2DS | 8,630 |
| CHERRY TREE DENTAL PRACTICE 96 BROOK STREET, BROUGHTY FERRY, DUNDEE DD5 1DQ | 4,648 |
| CITY QUAY DENTAL CLINIC 24B CITY QUAY CAMPERDOWN STREET, DUNDEE DD1 3JA | 5,777 |
| DISCOVERY DENTAL CARE 1 WEST BELL STREET, DUNDEE DD1 1EX | 2,900 |
| DOWNFIELD DENTAL PRACTICE 438 STRATHMARTINE ROAD, DUNDEE DD3 8NF | 768 |
| DUNDEE DENTAL CARE 31 BUTTARS LOAN, DUNDEE DD2 4PE | 9,961 |
| HILLCLOCK DENTAL SURGERY 9-11 MAINS ROAD, DUNDEE DD3 7RH | 4,351 |
| KW DENTAL 336 CLEPINGTON ROAD, DUNDEE DD3 8RZ | 8,234 |
| LOCHEE DENTAL CARE 48 HIGH STREET, DUNDEE DD2 3AW | 4,296 |
| MY DENTIST 165 PRINCES STREET, DUNDEE DD4 6DG | 9,686 |
| PANMURE DENTAL CARE 150 PANMUREFIELD VILLAGE, DUNDEE DD5 3UP | 4,695 |
| PARK AVENUE DENTAL CARE 18 PARK AVENUE, DUNDEE DD4 6PP | 7,009 |
| REFORM STREET DENTAL PRACTICE 10 REFORM STREET, DUNDEE DD1 1RG | 10,431 |
| SNOWDROP CLINIC 44 OLD GLAMIS ROAD, DUNDEE DD3 8JQ | 4,942 |
| WATERSIDE DENTAL CARE UNIT 33 SHED 26 CAMPERDOWN STREET, DUNDEE DD1 3JA | 8,607 |
| WEST END DENTAL PRACTICE 243 PERTH ROAD, DUNDEE DD2 1EL | 5,484 |
| WHITE PEARL DENTAL PRACTICE 3 DUDHOPE TERRACE, DUNDEE DD3 6HG | 563 |
| WHITFIELD DENTAL CARE 1A THE CRESCENT, LOTHIAN CRESCENT, DUNDEE DD4 0HU | 4,780 |
Registrations are attached to practices, not town residents, and do not show recent treatment or available appointments. Suppressed counts remain blank.
Public Health Scotland, dental practices and patient registrations, 31 March 2026. Find dental services →
78% of residents say their health is good or very good
Census 2022, all residents, as answered (not adjusted for age).
Adjusted for age, 145 report bad health for every 100 expected, more than the national rate.
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| Census 2022 | Dundee | Dundee City council area | Scotland |
|---|---|---|---|
| Good or very good health | 78% | 78% | 78% |
| Fair health | 15% | 15% | 14% |
| Bad or very bad health | 7.5% | 7.5% | 7.2% |
| Day-to-day activities limited by a health problem or disability | 26% | 26% | 24% |
| Day-to-day activities limited a lot | 12% | 12% | 11% |
Dundee City and Scotland: all residents of their towns and cities, from the same Census 2022 output areas.
Dundee’s Health Grade is 6th of 7 Scottish towns of 53,000 to 389,000
Ordered by Health Grade: the top three, the towns either side of Dundee, and others in the Dundee City council area. Life expectancy for men / women, 2020–24.
| # | Town | People | Life expectancy | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dunfermline Fife | 56,053 | 79.0 / 82.6 | C− |
| 2 | Aberdeen Aberdeen City | 192,968 | 77.0 / 81.1 | C− |
| 3 | East Kilbride South Lanarkshire | 76,626 | 77.6 / 82.2 | C− |
| 4 | Livingston West Lothian | 55,798 | 76.8 / 80.9 | D |
| 5 | Hamilton South Lanarkshire | 55,171 | 76.0 / 80.3 | D |
| 6 | Dundee Dundee City | 147,365 | 74.6 / 79.1 | D− |
| 7 | Paisley Renfrewshire | 79,351 | 74.5 / 79.8 | D− |
These are Scottish towns of a similar size, ordered by Health Grade (graded against every UK town). Life expectancy: Public Health Scotland, 2020–24. Early deaths and hospitalisations use Scottish rates in Against Scotland; they do not feed the grade.
Health in the places around Dundee
Life expectancy for men / women. Tap a town for its health page.
| Town | People | Life expectancy | Health |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dundee | 147,365 | 74.6 / 79.1 | D− |
| Newport-on-Tay and Wormit | 4,119 | 83.9 / 84.0 | B |
| Tayport | 3,967 | 77.5 / 84.0 | C− |
| Monifieth | 9,356 | 80.4 / 83.7 | C+ |
| Carnoustie | 11,373 | 79.2 / 81.5 | C |
| Cupar | 8,835 | 77.9 / 80.4 | C− |
| St Andrews | 16,465 | 77.1 / 84.6 | C+ |
| Forfar | 13,774 | 74.9 / 80.9 | D |
Newport-on-Tay and Wormit, 2.9 miles away, has men’s life expectancy of 83.9, 9.3 years longer than Dundee’s.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Small areas, summed to the town. Life expectancy is published for 2011 intermediate zones of about 4,000 people, weighted here by the Census 2022 residents living in the town. Small towns share a zone’s figure with countryside around them.
- Rates, not ratios. ScotPHO early deaths and emergency hospitalisations are age-standardised rates per 100,000, compared with Scotland. They are not England’s per-100-expected ratios. The older SIMD indicators have their own periods and definitions.
- Different years. Life expectancy covers 2020–24; early deaths and emergency hospitalisations 2022–24. Scotland’s Census was on 20 March 2022, a year after England and Wales’s lockdown census. SIMD 2020v2 uses older indicators, with periods shown beside them.
- A&E periods and types. Twelve-month figures pool attendance counts over the same complete months. The trend shows 36 calendar months and breaks across missing months. Scotland’s comparison contains full emergency departments, including children’s departments; minor injury units are separate. The 95% standard applies to all A&E sites.
- Practices and registrations. The main practice postcode assigns a GP or dentist to its Census locality; branch surgeries are not separately counted. Patients can live outside the town. Scotland has no equivalent of England’s GP Patient Survey in these sources, so GP patient ratings are not shown. New NHS dental patient availability is not published here.
- Distances are straight lines. This list covers NHS Scotland services; an English hospital may be closer near the border. Postcode centroids locate services; where needed, NRS output-area centroids are used. Road journeys are longer and straight lines can cross water. Check the service and its opening hours. For urgent advice contact your GP, or NHS 24 on 111 when it is closed; in an emergency call 999.
- What feeds the Health Grade. Only the existing ScotPHO life expectancy and Census bad-health and disability measures feed the Health Grade. Care, deprivation, early deaths and hospitalisations are described here and compared within Scotland.
Questions about health in Dundee
How healthy is Dundee?
Dundee earns a D− for health. Life expectancy is 74.6 for men and 79.1 for women (Public Health Scotland, 2020 to 2024), against 76.6 and 80.9 across Scotland’s towns.
Where is the nearest full A&E in Scotland to Dundee?
Ninewells Hospital, about 1.5 mi from the town centre in a straight line. It saw 86% of patients within four hours in the 12 months to August 2026; the standard is 95%. In an emergency call 999; for urgent advice when your GP is closed, phone NHS 24 on 111.
How many GP practices are in Dundee?
20 main practice addresses are inside the Census 2022 locality (1 July 2026). Their patients may live outside Dundee. List sizes do not show staffing or appointment availability.
Can I register with an NHS dentist in Dundee?
27 NHS dental practices have addresses in the town (31 March 2026), but whether they take new NHS patients is not in the open data. Ask the practice directly.
Does life expectancy vary across Dundee?
Men’s life expectancy ranges from 65.6 in Menzieshill to 83.5 in Westend (ScotPHO, 2020–24). These figures cover whole 2011 intermediate zones, including residents outside the town.
Sources: Public Health Scotland, ScotPHO profiles (life expectancy 2020–24; early deaths and emergency hospitalisations 2022–24); NHS Scotland A&E sites (9 September 2025), monthly A&E activity through August 2026 (published 6 October 2026), GP practices and list sizes (1 July 2026), dental practices and registrations (31 March 2026); Scottish Government SIMD 2020v2 domain deciles, income counts and health indicators; NRS Census 2022 output areas, localities and postcode lookup; ONS Postcode Directory. Census age-standardised ratios use the unchanged England and Wales 2021 standard. Grades: TownRatings’s existing summary, ranked against UK towns. Open Government Licence v3.0; contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026 and Royal Mail data © Royal Mail copyright and database right 2026.
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