Past exam of the mathematics course of the University of Cambridge / 2018 / iii / Paper 207 / 6 / ii

For the survivor functions, $F_A^{\prime }(u)=-f_A(u)$ and $F_B^{\prime }(u)=-f_B(u)$. The product rule givesIntegrating from 0 to $t$, using $F_A(0)=F_B(0)=1$, yieldsThe three terms partition the possible histories: A occurs first by time $t$, B occurs first by time $t$, or neither has occurred by $t$. The first two are the cumulative incidence functions for the two competing risks, while the third is the survival probability of their minimum. The initial value assumes nonnegative event times with no atom at zero.