The need for analyzing time to event data arises in a number of applied fields, such as epidemiology, public health and medicine [1]. ‘Time to event’ simply means the time from entry into a study until a subject has a particular outcome. The study that involves time to event can be a cohort study on a specific number of patients or participants which should be followed for a particular time per...

The Kaplan-Meier (KM) method is used to analyze ‘time-toevent’ data. The outcome in KM analysis often includes allcause mortality, but could also include other outcomes such as the occurrence of a cardiovascular event. The purpose of this article is to explain the basic concepts of the KM method, to provide some guidance regarding the presentation of the KM results and to discuss some important...