The Brabant Data Set, now freely accessible, contains information on a sample cohort of 3,000 individuals born around 1940 from surveys in 1952, 1983 and 1993, as well as on deaths between 1994 and 2009. In line with numerous epidemiological studies we find that among the early variables...

This technical note consists of three parts. The first describes the origins of the Brabant data set, the later surveys and the mortality data. The second section discusses the variation of mortality rates with age in the population and in the sample. The third section sets out the proportional...