Medical Expenditure Panel Survey PUF Codebook

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MEPS HC-257

PANEL 28 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK

DATE: August 26, 2026

Variable Name:	AGEY1X
Description:	AGE AS OF 12/31/23 (EDITED/IMPUTED)
Format:	2.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	358
End:	359

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED
-1 INAPPLICABLE	132	6,406,605
0-4 AGE	380	18,500,837
5-17 AGE	1,249	55,114,124
18-24 AGE	534	30,843,884
25-44 AGE	2,023	91,099,735
45-64 AGE	2,282	81,226,690
65-85 AGE	2,272	60,339,835
TOTAL	8,872	343,531,710

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