UK Gulf Veterans Mortality Data: Causes of Death

UK Ministry of Defence data on causes of death among veterans of the 1990/1991 Gulf Conflict. The dataset is designated as National Statistics and was last updated on 2026-07-08. It is published under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Analyze mortality patterns among Gulf War veterans based on cause-of-death data.
• Study long-term health effects of military service based on veteran mortality records.
• Compare veteran mortality rates with general population data based on the described cohort.

Strengths

• Designated as National Statistics, indicating a formal quality standard.
• Last updated on 2026-07-08, suggesting recent maintenance.
• Published under the OGL-UK-3.0 license, allowing for open use.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to the specific conflict cohort.

Provenance

Source

Ministry of Defence (UK)

Time Range

Post-1990/1991 Gulf Conflict period

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:13.427136

Geography

United Kingdom