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MEPS Home Medical Expenditure Panel Survey
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MEPS HC 256
2024 FULL YEAR CONSOLIDATED DATA CODEBOOK
DATE: August 6, 2026

Variable Name: EQPAIN53
Description: ESAQ: PAIN/DISCOMFORT HEALTH TODAY
Format: 3.0
Type: NUM
Start: 1320
End: 1322

VALUE
UNWEIGHTED
-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED
234
-1 INAPPLICABLE
7,536
1 I HAVE NO PAIN OR DISCOMFORT
5,364
2 I HAVE SLIGHT PAIN OR DISCOMFORT
3,824
3 I HAVE MODERATE PAIN OR DISCOMFORT
1,633
4 I HAVE SEVERE PAIN OR DISCOMFORT
433
5 I HAVE EXTREME PAIN OR DISCOMFORT
116
TOTAL
19,140


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