User Guide

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Life Tables
Figure 9-1
Life Tables dialog box
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Select one numeric survival variable.
 Specify the time intervals to be examined.
 Select a status variable to define cases for which the terminal event has occurred.
 Click Define Event to specify the value of the status variable that indicates that an event
occurred.
Optionally, you can select a first-order factor variable. Actuarial tables for the survival
variable are generated for each category of the factor variable.
You can also select a second-order by factor variable. Actuarial tables for the
survival variable are generated for every combination of the first- and second-order
factor variables.