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Kaplan-Meier Estimate

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Definition: A nonparametric method of compiling LIFE TABLES or survival tables. It combines calculated probabilities of survival and estimates to allow for observations occurring beyond a measurement threshold, which are assumed to occur randomly. Time intervals are defined as ending each time an event occurs and are therefore unequal. (From Last, A Dictionary of Epidemiology, 1995)      Other names Test, Kaplan-Meier; Survival Curves, Kaplan-Meier; Product-Limit Methods; Product Limit Method; Methods, Product-Limit; Method, Product-Limit; Kaplan Meier Test; Kaplan Meier Survival Curves; Kaplan Meier Analysis; Estimate, Kaplan-Meier; Curves, Kaplan-Meier Survival; Analysis, Kaplan-Meier; Product-Limit Method; Kaplan-Meier Test; Kaplan-Meier Survival Curves; Kaplan-Meier Analysis

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