Shetland Islands Council : Total Deaths

Total Deaths

Data cube chart.

Year Total Deaths Expected Deaths Expected Deaths using 1951 rates
1861 488 Show data context 794 Show data context 343 Show data context
1881 512 Show data context 721 Show data context 376 Show data context
1911 376 Show data context 596 Show data context 396 Show data context
1931 366 Show data context 418 Show data context 350 Show data context
1951 343 Show data context 347 Show data context 347 Show data context
1961 282 Show data context 323 Show data context
1971 266 Show data context 251 Show data context 325 Show data context
2011 225 Show data context 195 Show data context 481 Show data context
2021 232 Show data context 253 Show data context 603 Show data context
Date Source
1861 Registrar-General for Scotland, Annual Report (HMSO) , 1861
1881 Registrar-General for Scotland, Annual Report (HMSO) , 1881
1911 Registrar-General for Scotland, Annual Report (HMSO) , 1911
1931 Registrar General, Quarterly Report (HM Stationery Office) , 1931
1951 Registrar General, Quarterly Report (HM Stationery Office) , 1951
1961 Registrar General, Quarterly Report (HM Stationery Office) , 1961
1971 Registrar General, Quarterly Report (HM Stationery Office) , 1971
2011 National Records of Scotland, National Records of Scotland web site (Table DT.13, "Deaths by sex, age group and council area, Scotland")
2021 National Records of Scotland, National Records of Scotland web site (Table DT.13, "Deaths by sex, age group and council area, Scotland)

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This classification of industry is that used by the 2021 Census, and forms the basic for our standardisation of historical information on industrial structure. The modern data are a classification of workers by their employers' business and count them by their place of work. However, before 1951 they are counted by place of residence, and before 1921 workers have to be classified by their individual occupations.


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GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, Shetland Islands Council through time | Historical Statistics on Life & Death | Total Deaths, A Vision of Britain through Time.

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Date accessed: 03rd June 2026