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Kaplan-Meier Step Plot Template in Excel

Step Plot Example created using the QI Macros for Excel

Kaplan-Meier Plot created using the QI Macros for Excel

Healthcare uses Kaplan-Meier Step Plots to show survival rates over time for various protocols and treatments. Data entry fields are:

• Start Period (Could be a date or number)
• End Period (Could be a date or number)
• # At Risk at Start of the Period
• # Censored (Number removed from the study for various reasons)
• # At Risk at End
• # Who Died

The Y axis shows the cumulative survival rate. Cumulative survival rate may level off at the end of the study because patient survival is no longer tracked.