To download the datasets, go the Stata Reference Manual data link (this is found in the ‘Links to textbook datasets’, then go to the ‘Survival Analysis and Epi Tables (ST) link. You can download all the files or just a few, if you wish. (selvin.dta and rat.dta)

. use "C:\DATA\Stata\selvin.dta", clear

. browse

. ltable t d [freq=pop]

Beg. Std.

Interval Total Deaths Lost Survival Error [95% Conf. Int.]

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0 1 126 47 19 0.5966 0.0455 0.5017 0.6792

1 2 60 5 17 0.5386 0.0479 0.4405 0.6269

2 3 38 2 15 0.5033 0.0508 0.4002 0.5977

3 4 21 2 9 0.4423 0.0602 0.3225 0.5554

4 5 10 0 6 0.4423 0.0602 0.3225 0.5554

5 6 4 0 4 0.4423 0.0602 0.3225 0.5554

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. disp 1 - 47/(126-19/2)

.59656652

. disp (1- 5/(60-17/2))*(1- 47/(126-19/2))

.53864744

. disp (1- 2/(38-15/2))*(1- 5/(60-17/2))*(1- 47/(126-19/2))

.5033263

. clear

. use "C:\DATA\Stata\rat.dta", clear

. stset t, failure(died)

failure event: died != 0 & died < .

obs. time interval: (0, t]

exit on or before: failure

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40 total obs.

0 exclusions

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40 obs. remaining, representing

36 failures in single record/single failure data

9118 total analysis time at risk, at risk from t = 0

earliest observed entry t = 0

last observed exit t = 344

. sts graph,by(group)

failure _d: died

analysis time _t: t

. sts list, by(group)

failure _d: died

analysis time _t: t

Beg. Net Survivor Std.

Time Total Fail Lost Function Error [95% Conf. Int.]

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group=1

143 19 1 0 0.9474 0.0512 0.6812 0.9924

164 18 1 0 0.8947 0.0704 0.6408 0.9726

188 17 2 0 0.7895 0.0935 0.5319 0.9153

190 15 1 0 0.7368 0.1010 0.4789 0.8810

192 14 1 0 0.6842 0.1066 0.4279 0.8439

206 13 1 0 0.6316 0.1107 0.3790 0.8044

209 12 1 0 0.5789 0.1133 0.3321 0.7626

213 11 1 0 0.5263 0.1145 0.2872 0.7188

216 10 1 1 0.4737 0.1145 0.2444 0.6728

220 8 1 0 0.4145 0.1145 0.1962 0.6211

227 7 1 0 0.3553 0.1124 0.1519 0.5665

230 6 1 0 0.2961 0.1082 0.1117 0.5087

234 5 1 0 0.2368 0.1015 0.0758 0.4475

244 4 0 1 0.2368 0.1015 0.0758 0.4475

246 3 1 0 0.1579 0.0934 0.0314 0.3735

265 2 1 0 0.0789 0.0728 0.0057 0.2876

304 1 1 0 0.0000 . . .

group=2

142 21 1 0 0.9524 0.0465 0.7072 0.9932

156 20 1 0 0.9048 0.0641 0.6700 0.9753

163 19 1 0 0.8571 0.0764 0.6197 0.9516

198 18 1 0 0.8095 0.0857 0.5689 0.9239

204 17 0 1 0.8095 0.0857 0.5689 0.9239

205 16 1 0 0.7589 0.0941 0.5139 0.8920

232 15 2 0 0.6577 0.1053 0.4123 0.8203

233 13 4 0 0.4554 0.1114 0.2353 0.6520

239 9 1 0 0.4048 0.1099 0.1961 0.6052

240 8 1 0 0.3542 0.1072 0.1591 0.5564

261 7 1 0 0.3036 0.1031 0.1245 0.5056

280 6 2 0 0.2024 0.0902 0.0633 0.3967

296 4 2 0 0.1012 0.0678 0.0172 0.2749

323 2 1 0 0.0506 0.0493 0.0035 0.2073

344 1 0 1 0.0506 0.0493 0.0035 0.2073

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. sts test group

failure _d: died

analysis time _t: t

Log-rank test for equality of survivor functions

| Events Events

group | observed expected

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1 | 17 12.24

2 | 19 23.76

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Total | 36 36.00

chi2(1) = 3.12

Pr>chi2 = 0.0772

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