Multistate life tables using Stata

Jeronimo Oliveira Muniz ()
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Jeronimo Oliveira Muniz: Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Stata Journal, 2020, vol. 20, issue 3, 721-745

Abstract: The mslt command calculates the functions of a multistate life table and plots a graph of conditional and unconditional life expectancies by time. The command provides linear and exponential solutions to estimate the number of individuals, transitions, probabilities, person-years, and years of life in a given cohort and state of occupancy. The input data are time-specific transition rates (or survivorship proportions) between nonabsorbing and at most one absorbing state. In addition to the mean age at transfer between states, mslt calculates the following summary measures: the mean age, the probability of dying, the average duration, and the proportion of life spent in a specific state.

Keywords: mslt; age; demography; increment–decrement; life expectancy; life table; model; multigroup; multistate; population; probability; proportion; rate; transition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1177/1536867X2095357

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