Methodological Issues Underlying Multiple Decrement Life Table Analysis
Open Access
- 1 February 1977
- journal article
- Published by Duke University Press in Demography
- Vol. 14 (1) , 87-96
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2060457
Abstract
In this paper, the actuarial method of multiple decrement life table analysis of censored, longitudinal data is examined. The discussion is organized in terms of the first segment of usage of an intrauterine device. Weaknesses of the actuarial approach are pointed out, and an alternative approach, based on the classical model of competing risks, is proposed. Finally, the actuarial and the alternative method of analyzing censored data are compared, using data from the Taichung Medical Study on Intrauterine Devices.Keywords
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