Proc Lifetest - median survival time

[riya275]

Is there a way to just get the quartiles table using Proc lifetest.

I want to extract the median ( and mean) survival time from proc lifetest.

When I use the code -

proc lifetest data=graph2 ;
time time*status(0);
strata drg_class_detail;
run;

It gives me the Product limit survival estimates as well -

                                                       The LIFETEST Procedure
 
                                              Stratum 1: drg_class_detail = BIGUANIDES

                                                  Product-Limit Survival Estimates
 
                                                                      Survival
                                                                      Standard    Number    Number
                                     time     Survival    Failure      Error      Failed     Left

                                     0.00       1.0000           0           0        0     75699 
                                     0.00            .           .           .        1     75698 
                                     0.00            .           .           .        2     75697 
                                     0.00            .           .           .        3     75696 
                                     0.00            .           .           .        4     75695 
                                     0.00            .           .           .        5     75694 
                                     0.00            .           .           .        6     75693 
                                     0.00            .           .           .        7     75692 
                                     0.00            .           .           .        8     75691 

Since I have a lo of data and a lot of categories the result is very big in size.

Is there a way to just get the median and mean survival times?

[Reeza]

Here's some instructions and explanations on how to capture output that is shown.
https://blogs.sas.com/content/sastraining/2017/03/31/capturing-output-from-any-procedure-with-an-ods...

You can use ODS SELECT/ODS EXCLUDE to limit the tables shown. This will generate NO output and save your tables. If you do wat specific tables, list them in the ODS SELECT name. 

https://documentation.sas.com/?docsetId=statug&docsetVersion=15.1&docsetTarget=statug_lifetest_detai...

ods select none;

proc lifetest data=graph2;
ods output means = mean_surv quartiles= median_surv;
time time*status(0);
strata drg_class detail;
run;

ods select all;

[FreelanceReinh · Accepted solution]

Hello @riya275,

Use the ODS SELECT statement to extract the tables you need:

ods select quartiles means;
proc lifetest data=graph2;
time time*status(0);
strata drg_class_detail;
run;

To find out the table names (here: quartiles and means) look into the ODS Table Names section of the procedure documentation (under "Details") or run the PROC step with ODS TRACE ON.