diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 6cffdb3d7d..a3a9165519 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ Imports:
     cardx (>= 0.2.4.9003),
     cvTools,
     dobson,
+    dplyr,
     forcats,
     fs,
     glmmTMB,
@@ -35,12 +36,12 @@ Imports:
     stringr,
     table1,
     tibble,
+    utils,
     webshot2
 Suggests: 
     tidyverse,
     conflicted,
     dagitty,
-    dplyr,
     eha,
     ggfortify,
     ggdag,
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 41bd850088..46f21cbd0f 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
 
+export(km_by_hand_table)
+export(na_by_hand_table)
 importFrom(fs,path_package)
 importFrom(rlang,.data)
diff --git a/R/km_by_hand_table.R b/R/km_by_hand_table.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6280c7ab99
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/km_by_hand_table.R
@@ -0,0 +1,146 @@
+#' Build a Kaplan-Meier by-hand table
+#'
+#' Takes a data frame with `time` and `death` columns and returns a
+#' `knitr_kable` table showing the time-point, risk set, contribution, and
+#' survival estimate at each event or censoring time.
+#'
+#' @param data A data frame with columns `time` (numeric) and `death`
+#'   (0/1 integer or logical).
+#'
+#' @returns A `knitr_kable` object (LaTeX/HTML math strings, `escape = FALSE`).
+#' @export
+#' @examples
+#' d <- data.frame(time = c(1, 2, 3, 3, 5), death = c(1, 0, 1, 1, 0))
+#' km_by_hand_table(d)
+km_by_hand_table <- function(data) {
+  stopifnot(
+    "data must have a 'time' column"  = "time"  %in% names(data),
+    "data must have a 'death' column" = "death" %in% names(data),
+    "'death' must be 0/1 or logical"  = all(data$death %in% c(0, 1)),
+    "'time' must not contain NA"       = !anyNA(data$time)
+  )
+
+  time   <- data$time
+  status <- data$death
+  n      <- length(time)
+
+  gcd_fn <- function(a, b) {
+    while (b != 0) {
+      tmp <- b
+      b   <- a %% b
+      a   <- tmp
+    }
+    a
+  }
+
+  # `format()` falls back to scientific notation for small values (e.g.
+  # `format(1e-6)` -> "1e-06"), which is invalid inside a `$...$` math
+  # environment; this always produces fixed-point output.
+  fmt_dec <- function(x) {
+    formatC(x, format = "f", digits = 4, drop0trailing = TRUE)
+  }
+
+  df <- dplyr::tibble(time = time, status = status) |>
+    dplyr::arrange(time) |>
+    dplyr::group_by(time) |>
+    dplyr::summarise(
+      deaths   = sum(status),
+      censored = sum(1L - as.integer(status)),
+      .groups  = "drop"
+    )
+
+  # Number at risk at each time = sample size minus everyone who left
+  # (via death or censoring) at an *earlier* time point.
+  left_before <- cumsum(c(0L, utils::head(df$deaths + df$censored, -1L)))
+  df$n_risk   <- n - left_before
+
+  # Running survival numerator/denominator are doubles so that whole-number
+  # products beyond .Machine$integer.max stay exact instead of overflowing.
+  surv_n        <- 1
+  surv_d        <- 1
+  prev_surv_str <- "1"
+
+  tbl <- dplyr::tibble(
+    `Time-point`        = numeric(nrow(df)),
+    `Risk set`          = integer(nrow(df)),
+    `Contribution`      = character(nrow(df)),
+    `Survival Estimate` = character(nrow(df))
+  )
+
+  for (i in seq_len(nrow(df))) {
+    ni     <- as.integer(df$n_risk[i])
+    di     <- as.integer(df$deaths[i])
+    cn_raw <- ni - di
+
+    if (cn_raw == ni) {
+      c_n <- 1
+      c_d <- 1
+    } else if (cn_raw == 0L) {
+      c_n <- 0
+      c_d <- 1
+    } else {
+      g   <- gcd_fn(cn_raw, ni)
+      c_n <- cn_raw %/% g
+      c_d <- ni %/% g
+    }
+
+    surv_n <- surv_n * c_n
+    surv_d <- surv_d * c_d
+    if (surv_n > 0) {
+      g      <- gcd_fn(surv_n, surv_d)
+      surv_n <- surv_n %/% g
+      surv_d <- surv_d %/% g
+    }
+
+    frac_str <- if (c_n == 1 && c_d == 1) {
+      "1"
+    } else if (c_n == 0) {
+      "0"
+    } else {
+      sprintf("\\frac{%.0f}{%.0f}", c_n, c_d)
+    }
+
+    contrib_cell <- if (di == 0L) {
+      sprintf(
+        "$\\left(1 - \\frac{%d}{%d}\\right) = 1$",
+        di, ni
+      )
+    } else if (c_n == 0) {
+      sprintf(
+        "$\\left(1 - \\frac{%d}{%d}\\right) = 0$",
+        di, ni
+      )
+    } else {
+      sprintf(
+        "$\\left(1 - \\frac{%d}{%d}\\right) = \\frac{%.0f}{%.0f} = %s$",
+        di, ni, c_n, c_d, fmt_dec(c_n / c_d)
+      )
+    }
+
+    surv_cell <- if (di == 0L) {
+      sprintf("$%s$", prev_surv_str)
+    } else if (surv_n == 0) {
+      sprintf("$%s \\times %s = 0$", prev_surv_str, frac_str)
+    } else {
+      sprintf(
+        "$%s \\times %s = \\frac{%.0f}{%.0f} = %s$",
+        prev_surv_str, frac_str, surv_n, surv_d, fmt_dec(surv_n / surv_d)
+      )
+    }
+
+    if (di > 0L) {
+      prev_surv_str <- if (surv_n == 0) {
+        "0"
+      } else {
+        sprintf("\\frac{%.0f}{%.0f}", surv_n, surv_d)
+      }
+    }
+
+    tbl$`Time-point`[i]        <- df$time[i]
+    tbl$`Risk set`[i]          <- ni
+    tbl$`Contribution`[i]      <- contrib_cell
+    tbl$`Survival Estimate`[i] <- surv_cell
+  }
+
+  knitr::kable(tbl, escape = FALSE)
+}
diff --git a/R/na_by_hand_table.R b/R/na_by_hand_table.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a2a967ec48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/R/na_by_hand_table.R
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+#' Build a Nelson-Aalen by-hand table
+#'
+#' Takes a data frame with `time` and `death` columns and returns a
+#' `knitr_kable` table showing the time-point, risk set, hazard increment,
+#' cumulative hazard, and Nelson-Aalen survival estimate at each time point.
+#'
+#' @param data A data frame with columns `time` (numeric) and `death`
+#'   (0/1 integer or logical).
+#'
+#' @details
+#' The "NA Survival" column is rendered with the `\expf` macro from the
+#' book's `latex-macros/macros.qmd`, so this function is intended for use
+#' inside the `rme` book render pipeline. Outside that environment (a bare
+#' `knitr` document or `pkgdown` page) define `\expf` or that column will
+#' show an undefined control sequence.
+#'
+#' @returns A `knitr_kable` object (LaTeX/HTML math strings, `escape = FALSE`).
+#' @export
+#' @examples
+#' d <- data.frame(time = c(1, 2, 3, 3, 5), death = c(1, 0, 1, 1, 0))
+#' na_by_hand_table(d)
+na_by_hand_table <- function(data) {
+  stopifnot(
+    "data must have a 'time' column"  = "time"  %in% names(data),
+    "data must have a 'death' column" = "death" %in% names(data),
+    "'death' must be 0/1 or logical"  = all(data$death %in% c(0, 1)),
+    "'time' must not contain NA"       = !anyNA(data$time)
+  )
+
+  time   <- data$time
+  status <- data$death
+  n      <- length(time)
+
+  gcd_fn <- function(a, b) {
+    while (b != 0) {
+      tmp <- b
+      b   <- a %% b
+      a   <- tmp
+    }
+    a
+  }
+
+  # `format()` falls back to scientific notation for small values (e.g.
+  # `format(1e-6)` -> "1e-06"), which is invalid inside a `$...$` math
+  # environment; this always produces fixed-point output.
+  fmt_dec <- function(x) {
+    formatC(x, format = "f", digits = 4, drop0trailing = TRUE)
+  }
+
+  df <- dplyr::tibble(time = time, status = status) |>
+    dplyr::arrange(time) |>
+    dplyr::group_by(time) |>
+    dplyr::summarise(
+      deaths   = sum(status),
+      censored = sum(1L - as.integer(status)),
+      .groups  = "drop"
+    )
+
+  # Number at risk at each time = sample size minus everyone who left
+  # (via death or censoring) at an *earlier* time point.
+  left_before <- cumsum(c(0L, utils::head(df$deaths + df$censored, -1L)))
+  df$n_risk   <- n - left_before
+
+  # Running cumulative-hazard numerator/denominator are doubles so that
+  # whole-number products beyond .Machine$integer.max stay exact instead
+  # of overflowing.
+  cum_haz_n   <- 0
+  cum_haz_d   <- 1
+  cum_haz_str <- "0"
+
+  tbl <- dplyr::tibble(
+    `Time-point`        = numeric(nrow(df)),
+    `Risk set`          = integer(nrow(df)),
+    `Hazard increment`  = character(nrow(df)),
+    `Cumulative hazard` = character(nrow(df)),
+    `NA Survival`       = character(nrow(df))
+  )
+
+  for (i in seq_len(nrow(df))) {
+    ni <- as.integer(df$n_risk[i])
+    di <- as.integer(df$deaths[i])
+
+    inc_str <- if (di == 0L) {
+      sprintf("$\\frac{0}{%d} = 0$", ni)
+    } else {
+      sprintf("$\\frac{%d}{%d}$", di, ni)
+    }
+
+    prev_cum_haz_str <- cum_haz_str
+
+    if (di > 0L) {
+      new_num   <- cum_haz_n * ni + di * cum_haz_d
+      new_den   <- cum_haz_d * ni
+      g         <- gcd_fn(new_num, new_den)
+      cum_haz_n <- new_num %/% g
+      cum_haz_d <- new_den %/% g
+
+      cum_haz_str <- if (cum_haz_d == 1) {
+        sprintf("%.0f", cum_haz_n)
+      } else {
+        sprintf("\\frac{%.0f}{%.0f}", cum_haz_n, cum_haz_d)
+      }
+
+      cum_haz_cell <- sprintf(
+        "$%s + \\frac{%d}{%d} = %s$",
+        prev_cum_haz_str, di, ni, cum_haz_str
+      )
+    } else {
+      cum_haz_cell <- sprintf("$%s$", cum_haz_str)
+    }
+
+    surv_val  <- exp(-cum_haz_n / cum_haz_d)
+    surv_cell <- sprintf(
+      "$\\expf{-%s} \\approx %s$",
+      cum_haz_str,
+      fmt_dec(surv_val)
+    )
+
+    tbl$`Time-point`[i]        <- df$time[i]
+    tbl$`Risk set`[i]          <- ni
+    tbl$`Hazard increment`[i]  <- inc_str
+    tbl$`Cumulative hazard`[i] <- cum_haz_cell
+    tbl$`NA Survival`[i]       <- surv_cell
+  }
+
+  knitr::kable(tbl, escape = FALSE)
+}
diff --git a/man/km_by_hand_table.Rd b/man/km_by_hand_table.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aea357ea62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/km_by_hand_table.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/km_by_hand_table.R
+\name{km_by_hand_table}
+\alias{km_by_hand_table}
+\title{Build a Kaplan-Meier by-hand table}
+\usage{
+km_by_hand_table(data)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{data}{A data frame with columns \code{time} (numeric) and \code{death}
+(0/1 integer or logical).}
+}
+\value{
+A \code{knitr_kable} object (LaTeX/HTML math strings, \code{escape = FALSE}).
+}
+\description{
+Takes a data frame with \code{time} and \code{death} columns and returns a
+\code{knitr_kable} table showing the time-point, risk set, contribution, and
+survival estimate at each event or censoring time.
+}
+\examples{
+d <- data.frame(time = c(1, 2, 3, 3, 5), death = c(1, 0, 1, 1, 0))
+km_by_hand_table(d)
+}
diff --git a/man/na_by_hand_table.Rd b/man/na_by_hand_table.Rd
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f8670766fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/man/na_by_hand_table.Rd
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+% Generated by roxygen2: do not edit by hand
+% Please edit documentation in R/na_by_hand_table.R
+\name{na_by_hand_table}
+\alias{na_by_hand_table}
+\title{Build a Nelson-Aalen by-hand table}
+\usage{
+na_by_hand_table(data)
+}
+\arguments{
+\item{data}{A data frame with columns \code{time} (numeric) and \code{death}
+(0/1 integer or logical).}
+}
+\value{
+A \code{knitr_kable} object (LaTeX/HTML math strings, \code{escape = FALSE}).
+}
+\description{
+Takes a data frame with \code{time} and \code{death} columns and returns a
+\code{knitr_kable} table showing the time-point, risk set, hazard increment,
+cumulative hazard, and Nelson-Aalen survival estimate at each time point.
+}
+\details{
+The "NA Survival" column is rendered with the \verb{\\expf} macro from the
+book's \code{latex-macros/macros.qmd}, so this function is intended for use
+inside the \code{rme} book render pipeline. Outside that environment (a bare
+\code{knitr} document or \code{pkgdown} page) define \verb{\\expf} or that column will
+show an undefined control sequence.
+}
+\examples{
+d <- data.frame(time = c(1, 2, 3, 3, 5), death = c(1, 0, 1, 1, 0))
+na_by_hand_table(d)
+}