Chapter 3 - Health
                       
Chart to Table 3.5 Deaths among UK Gulf 1 Veterans1 1 April 1991 - 31 December 2007
Estimated mortality rates for a similar sized cohort of the general UK population with the same age and gender profile are calculated using mortality and population information provided by the ONS. These are applied to the Gulf and Era populations to produce comparable mortality rates.

Mortality rates for disease-related causes for both Gulf veterans and the age-adjusted Era comparison group have gradually increased between 1991 and 2007. These follow the trends in rates for disease-related causes among the UK general population cohort. This suggests that the increase in disease-related deaths among Gulf veterans over time reflects the natural aging of the cohort. However, the mortality rates due to disease-related causes for both Gulf veterans and the age-adjusted Era group are statistically significantly lower than for the UK general population cohort.

Mortality rates for external causes for both the Gulf veterans and the age-adjusted Era comparison group have decreased between 1991 and 2007. However the estimated mortality rates for the UK general population cohort have stayed reasonably constant during this period.



Gulf and Era3 mortality rates for disease-related causes
3-year moving averages




Gulf and Era3 mortality rates for external causes
3-year moving averages


1. Data for 1 April 1991 - 31 December 1991 have been adjusted to a full year.
2. 2007 cause data for the UK general population are not currently available.
3. Adjusted for the single years of age structure of the Gulf cohort at 1 January 1991.