Cox proportion hazard model for patients with hepatitis disease in Iraq

Abstract

Cox regression model have been used to estimate proportion hazard model for patients with hepatitis disease recorded in Gastrointestinal and Hepatic diseases Hospital in Iraq for (2002 -2005). Data consists of (age, gender, survival time terminal stat). A Kaplan-Meier method has been applied to estimate survival function and hazerd function.

Keywords

• "Cox regression model, Kaplan-Meier method, Proportion hazard model, Survivor function, failure rate."