I am relatively new to Stata and survival analysis.
I'd like to create a life table and an associated survival curve using data
from a 3 year period. Unfortunately, I do not have any date of birth/ date
of death/ lost to follow up data, and want to produce a 'current' or
'period' life table rather than a cohort life table
I've been trying the ltable command, but the median survival age is
considerably younger than I would expect (having done the analysis in Excel
already).
I have a count of the population alive, and population that died, at a
given age (0-64years) for a three year period, and separately for males and
females.
For example, my data are configured as follows:
age | living | dead | sex
0 | 1000 | 10 | 1
1 | 2000 | 2 | 1
..
I have these data for 3, 3-year periods, and would appreciate advice on how
best to compare the results. Most of the literature that I have come across
suggest the Kaplan-Meier and Logrank test. My data do not conform to the
Kaplan-Meier requirements, and I am unsure if the logrank is suitable for
grouped data.
