Abstract
A number of medical phenomena may be discussed in terms of the probability of something “surviving” as a function of time, dose, distance, etc. Employing elementary results of engineering reliability theory, we examine the different shapes of survival curves which can arise when several modes of failure compete for the members of a homogeneous or heterogeneous population. A variety of examples of medical interest illustrate the approach.
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