Medical Expenditure Panel Survey PUF Codebook

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MEPS HC-257

PANEL 28 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK

DATE: August 26, 2026

Variable Name:	AGEY2X
Description:	AGE AS OF 12/31/24 (EDITED/IMPUTED)
Format:	2.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	360
End:	361

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED
-1 INAPPLICABLE	173	6,637,922
0-4 AGE	346	18,350,040
5-17 AGE	1,239	54,165,966
18-24 AGE	545	29,689,492
25-44 AGE	1,971	91,438,826
45-64 AGE	2,257	81,254,187
65-85 AGE	2,341	61,995,276
TOTAL	8,872	343,531,710

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