Modeling lifetime data with multiple causes using cause specific reversed hazard rates

Authors

  • Paduthol Godan Sankaran Cochin University of Science and Technology
  • Anjana Sukumaran Cochin University of Science and Technology

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1973-2201/5307

Keywords:

Cause specific reversed hazard rates, Cumulative incidence function, Nonparametric estimation

Abstract

In this paper we introduce and study cause specific reversed hazard rates in the context of left censored lifetime data with multiple causes. Nonparametric inference procedure for left censored lifetime data with multiple causes using cause specific reversed hazard rate is discussed. Asymptotic properties of the estimators are studied. Simulation studies are conducted to assess the efficiency of the estimators. Further, the proposed method is applied to mice mortality data (Hoel 1972) and Australian twin data (Duffy et al. 1990).

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2014-09-30

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Sankaran, P. G., & Sukumaran, A. (2014). Modeling lifetime data with multiple causes using cause specific reversed hazard rates. Statistica, 74(3), 315–334. https://doi.org/10.6092/issn.1973-2201/5307

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