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Doctor Registration Areas Practice Totals
1991 1996 2002 2006 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Bixter 1,047 1,085 1,045 1,074 1,082 1,099 1,108 1,120 1,153 1,142
Brae 2,775 2,733 2,358 2,401 2,497 2,480 2,501 2,545 2,515 2,495
Lerwick 9,373 9,617 9,590 9,044 9,089 9,067 9,178 9,164 9,152 9,070
Levenwick 2,429 2,386 2,200 2,619 2,592 2,645 2,661 2,689 2,666 2,689
Hillswick 700 676 671 699 692 701 693 700 735 745
Scalloway 2,677 2,670 2,591 2,794 2,820 2,875 3,032 3,067 3,052 3,243
Unst 900 862 672 587 617 614 623 623 621 574
Walls 665 695 672 673 680 672 680 699 690 702
Whalsay 1,136 1,110 1,094 1,122 1,147 1,141 1,120 1,130 1,126 1,148
Yell 1,158 1,133 1,036 1,022 1,022 1,033 1,058 1,030 1,086 1,078
Total 22,860 22,967 21,929 22,025 22,220 22,327 22,654 22,767 22,796 22,886
Source: Shetland Health Board
Economy and Industry
Economic Performance*
An economic survey conducted by University of Aberdeen Business School calculated the overall
value of the Shetland economy – based on the combined total output of all economic sectors – to
be £860,537,000 in 2003. A subsequent survey conducted by the James Hutton Institute calculated
the overall value of the local economy in 2011 to be £1,091,421,269.
The same survey calculated Shetland’s Gross Regional Domestic Product in 2011 to be
£485,000,000 which equates to a GRDP per capita value of £21,556, up from £18,589 in 2003.
Number of New Business Start-Ups
by Selected Local Authority Area
2003 2004 2005 2006 2010 2011 2012 2013
Aberdeen City 942 852 925 964 760 804 678 640
Aberdeenshire 1,222 1,048 1,087 1,193 844 995 947 856
City of Edinburgh 2,456 2,327 2,455 2,482 1,733 1,524 1,402 1,139
Eilean Siar 121 147 118 135 65 110 119 107
Glasgow City 2,390 2,436 2,409 3,108 1,737 1,570 1,469 1,191
Highland 1,159 1,003 1,029 1,101 984 846 909 753
Orkney Islands 94 82 94 82 55 50 77 69
Shetland Islands 111 109 85 111 56 101 82 46
Total above 8,495 8,004 8,202 9,176 6,234 6,000 5,683 4,801
All Scotland Local Authorities 21,468 20,808 21,383 23,468 15,439 14,737 13,856 11,679
Source: Committee of Scottish Clearing Bankers
* All 2003 figures adjusted for inflation to reflect 2011 prices.
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