[ RadSafe ] 1990/1991 GULF CONFLICT – UK GULF VETERANS MORTALITY DATA: CAUSES OF DEATH

[JGinniver at aol.com]

Came across a short note today on a study comparing death rates of UK Gulf  
Veterans against a comparison group consisting of 53,143 UK Armed Forces  
personnel of similar age, gender, Service, regular/reservist status and rank who  
were in Service on 1 January 1991 but did not deploy to the Gulf.
 
This notice contained the following conclusions:
 
    *   There were 784 deaths among the Gulf veterans up to the 30 June 2006 
and  818 deaths in the Era comparison group, representing increases of 29 and 
34  respectively since the last release in January 2006, resulting in an 
estimate  of 796 deaths in the age-adjusted Era comparison group.

    *   The 784 deaths among Gulf veterans compare with approximately 1,265 
deaths  which would have been expected in a similar sized cohort taken from the 
 general population of the UK with the same age and gender profile.

    *   There were no statistically significant differences overall or in  
any of the cause groups analysed between the Gulf veterans and the Era  
comparison group. 
 
Further details and the statistical data can be found at:
 
_http://www.dasa.mod.uk/natstats/gulf/intro.html_ 
(http://www.dasa.mod.uk/natstats/gulf/intro.html) 
 
Regards,
            Julian
 
P.S. does anyone know of a similar study being undertaken on US  veterans?