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. 2003 Dec 31;44(4):161–169. doi: 10.1186/1751-0147-44-161

Table 3.

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

Without lameness after flexion test With lameness after flexion test


Age k n k Censored ck Withdrawn wk Culling dk Rate of culling ĥ Survival function Ŝ n k Censored ck Withdrawn wk Culling dk Rate of culling ĥ Survival function Ŝ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

Lameness after flexion test: HLL after flexion test of the tarsus

Culling: not used for riding anymore

Withdrawn: horses that were sold or selected for breeding

Censored: Withdrawn + horses still in use after 5 years