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Abscissa, ordinate and applicate (z-axis) represent calendar time 
, age 
and duration 
, respectively. The life lines start at birth 
and end at death 
The first subject (blue line segments) contracts the disease at 
. Then, the life line changes its direction. The second subject (red line segment) does not contract the disease, the life line remains in the t-a-plane.
