Survival Models and Data Analysis

Regina C. Elandt-Johnson, Norman L. Johnson

ISBN: 978-0-471-34992-1

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457 pages

February 1999

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SURVIVAL MEASUREMENTS AND CONCEPTS.

Survival Data.

Measures of Mortality and Morbidity. Ratios, Proportions, andMeans.

Survival Distributions.

MORTALITY EXPERIENCES AND LIFE TABLES.

Life Tables: Fundamentals and Construction.

Complete Mortality Data. Estimation of Survival Function.

Incomplete Mortality Data: Follow-Up Studies.

Fitting Parametric Survival Distributions.

Comparison of Mortality Experiences.

MULTIPLE TYPES OF FAILURE.

Theory of Competing Causes: Probabilistic Approach.

Multiple Decrement Life Tables.

Single Decrement Life Tables Associated with Multiple DecrementLife Tables: Their Interpretation and Meaning.

Estimation and Testing Hypotheses in Competing Risk Analysis.

SOME MORE ADVANCED TOPICS.

Concomitant Variables in Lifetime Distributions Models.

Age of Onset Distributions.

Models of Aging and Chronic Diseases.

Indexes.