Vital status at closing date of study (31 December 1996)
| Vital status | n | % |
| Flagged alive at NHSCR | 889 | 41.2 |
| Traced alive, DSS1-150 offices | 8 | 0.4 |
| Traced alive, company pensions | 20 | 0.9 |
| Died, cause known1-151 | 1185 | 54.9 |
| Died, cause not known | 12 | 0.6 |
| Emigrated | 14 | 0.6 |
| No trace | 32 | 1.5 |
| Total | 2160 | 100.0 |









