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            | MEPS HC-139 |  
            | PANEL 14 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK |  
            | DATE:  October 19, 2017 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | BSTST5 |  
            | Description: | MST RCNT BLD STOOL TST HME KIT(>39)-R5 |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 1574 |  
            | End: | 1575 |  
 
        
          
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            | -8 DK |            409 |      7,768,374 |  
            | -7 REFUSED |             29 |        643,119 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |          9,297 |    172,086,289 |  
            | 1 WITHIN PAST YEAR |            646 |     12,941,633 |  
            | 2 WITHIN PAST 2 YEARS |            341 |      7,260,900 |  
            | 3 WITHIN PAST 3 YEARS |            223 |      4,746,503 |  
            | 4 WITHIN PAST 5 YEARS |            272 |      5,937,780 |  
            | 5 WITHIN PAST 10 YEARS |            174 |      3,879,150 |  
            | 6 MORE THAN 10 YEARS |            165 |      3,806,012 |  
            | 7 NEVER |          4,665 |     93,071,951 |  
            | TOTAL |         16,221 |    312,141,711 |  
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