Death (GENSCOT)#

Last modified: 27 May 2026

1. Summary#

Linked death data for GS participants derived from official registry.

Dataset Descriptor Dataset-specific Information
Name of Dataset in TRE GENSCOT_DEATH
Citation (APA) Centre for Medical Informatics, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh. (2021). Generation Scotland (GENSCOT): Death. UK Longitudinal Linkage Collaboration (UK LLC). https://doi.org/10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00129-01
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Series Generation Scotland (GENSCOT)
Owner University of Edinburgh
Temporal Coverage 01/2006 - 06/2021
Keywords
Participants Invited 1443
Participant Count
Number of variables 19
Number of observations 1443
Specific Restrictions to Data Use None
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2. Version History#

Version 1
Version Date 01 Nov 2021
Number of Variables 19
Number of Observations 1443
DOI 10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00129-01
Change Log 10.71760/ukllc-dataset-00129-01/activities

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4. Useful Syntax#

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