Table 2. Probability of maintaining functional capacity by the actuarial method (incident cases of functional decline in institutionalized older adults in Natal/RN).

Natal/RN, 2016.

Interval (months)	Initially exposed	Functional decline cases	Number of observation losses	Exposed to functional decline	Conditional probability of functional decline	Conditional probability of maintaining functional capacity	Cumulative probability of maintaining functional capacity
0├ 6	280	59	18	271	0.2177	0.7823	0.7823
6├ 12	203	33	14	196	0.1683	0.8317	0.6506
12├ 18	156	27	7	152.5	0.1770	0.8230	0.5354
18├ 24	122	21	8	118	0.1779	0.8221	0.4401