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            | MEPS HC-106 |  
            | PANEL 10 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK |  
            | DATE:  October 24, 2017 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | CHLCHK3 |  
            | Description: | DCS: HOW LONG SINCE CHOLESTEROL CHECK |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 1960 |  
            | End: | 1961 |  
 
        
          
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            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED |             21 |        377,217 |  
            | -8 DK |              3 |         57,366 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |         14,841 |    288,753,298 |  
            | 0 NEVER |             22 |        222,575 |  
            | 1 WITHIN PAST YEAR |            685 |     11,966,891 |  
            | 2 WITHIN PAST 2 YEARS |             65 |      1,119,837 |  
            | 3 WITHIN PAST 3 YEARS |             19 |        272,916 |  
            | 4 WITHIN PAST 5 YEARS |              5 |         85,526 |  
            | 5 MORE THAN 5 YEARS |              8 |        205,202 |  
            | TOTAL |         15,669 |    303,060,829 |  
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