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Table 3 Survival table for Icelandic riding horses, distributed by age and lameness after flexion test.

From: Culling Rate of Icelandic Horses due to Bone Spavin

 

Without lameness after flexion test

With lameness after flexion test

Age k

n k

Censored c k

Withdrawn w k

Culling d k

Rate of culling ĥ

Survival function Ŝ

n k

Censored c k

Withdrawn w k

Culling d k

Rate of culling ĥ

Survival function Ŝ

6

340

0

0

0

0.000

1.000

168

0

0

0

0.000

1.000

7

340

2

2

2

0.006

0.994

168

2

2

2

0.012

0.988

8

336

13

13

3

0.009

0.985

164

8

8

2

0.013

0.976

9

320

31

31

3

0.010

0.975

154

12

12

5

0.034

0.943

10

286

22

22

5

0.018

0.958

137

10

10

4

0.030

0.914

11

259

55

14

13

0.052

0.908

123

16

4

2

0.017

0.899

12

191

49

12

3

0.016

0.893

105

24

2

9

0.087

0.821

13

139

50

8

5

0.037

0.860

72

17

3

11

0.156

0.693

14

84

23

4

7

0.085

0.787

44

12

3

6

0.141

0.595

15

54

19

0

7

0.130

0.685

26

11

0

1

0.038

0.572

16

28

15

1

5

0.182

0.560

14

9

0

2

0.143

0.491

17

8

7

0

1

0.125

0.490

3

3

0

0

0.000

0.491

Total

 

286

107

54

   

124

44

44

  
  1. Lameness after flexion test: HLL after flexion test of the tarsus
  2. Culling: not used for riding anymore
  3. Withdrawn: horses that were sold or selected for breeding
  4. Censored: Withdrawn + horses still in use after 5 years