Question about the mslt command in Stata and how to calculate qi_x in Stata (i.e., detailed calculation formula)

[Kai Zhu]

Hi, I used the mslt command in Stata and ran it successfully. But when I output qi_x, it looks a little different than the hazard value I entered. I want to know how Stata is converted inside (i.e., specific calculation process). Thanks for your help.

code

order ageGP hazard12 hazard13 hazard21 hazard23
mslt, l0(100000 0 0) death censored

[Nick Cox]

mslt is from the Stata Journal.

SJ-20-3 st0615  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Multistate life tables using Stata
        (help mslt if installed)  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  J. O. Muniz
        Q3/20   SJ 20(3):721--745
        calculates the functions of a multistate life table and plots
        a graph of conditional and unconditional life expectancies by
        time

I'd recommend looking at the code if a 25 page paper and its help file doesn't answer your question, and you don't get a good answer here.