Table 3. Relationship between clinician predictions and actual survival.

Doctors	Observed survival (weeks)
Estimated survival (weeks)	<1	2	3	4	5	6	7–8	9–10	11–12	>12	Total
Not given	9	6	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	2	24
< 1	94	13	6	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	122
2	49	26	12	8	3	9	1	2	1	3	114
3	23	23	11	15	5	2	6	2	5	7	99
4	25	27	10	18	10	7	10	4	4	20	135
5	6	11	10	4	3	2	3	2	2	4	47
6	11	27	17	21	16	10	14	8	6	29	159
7–8	12	20	25	24	11	12	25	17	12	50	208
9–10	5	8	9	18	13	9	17	11	11	52	153
11–12	6	10	18	11	11	18	23	16	16	89	218
>12	11	10	12	18	19	21	26	28	32	377	554
Nurses
Not given	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	9
< 1	88	13	5	1	0	1	0	2	0	1	111
2	44	23	10	5	3	2	5	4	1	4	101
3	18	13	17	9	3	3	4	3	3	6	79
4	22	25	14	20	2	12	11	3	3	16	128
5	11	10	7	12	5	1	4	2	3	9	64
6	20	24	9	17	11	11	12	6	4	19	133
7–8	14	36	20	24	22	13	30	19	16	53	247
9–10	7	7	11	8	6	10	11	7	9	36	112
11–12	10	12	16	13	15	18	14	11	13	88	210
>12	14	15	22	31	25	20	37	36	39	400	639
Total	251	181	131	140	92	91	128	94	91	634	1833