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Standardization of cumulative failure rates

Author(s) -

Jay Herson

Publication year - 1975

Publication title -

demography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.099

H-Index - 129

eISSN - 1533-7790

pISSN - 0070-3370

DOI - 10.2307/2060829

Subject(s) - standardization , statistics , failure rate , cumulative distribution function , cohort , reliability engineering , standard error , medicine , mathematics , econometrics , demography , computer science , engineering , probability density function , sociology , operating system

A method is proposed for standardizing life table cumulative failure rates for various cohorts so that they are adjusted to the distribution of exposure by age group for a particular cohort. An approximate standard error for the standardized cumulative failure rate is presented. Application of the methodology is illustrated by a numerical example.

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