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            | MEPS HC-148 |  
            | PANEL 15 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: | 1631 |  
            | End: | 1632 |  
 
        
          
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            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED |              3 |         69,507 |  
            | -8 DK |            417 |      8,953,451 |  
            | -7 REFUSED |             29 |        583,036 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |          8,424 |    170,734,086 |  
            | 1 WITHIN PAST YEAR |            579 |     14,983,054 |  
            | 2 WITHIN PAST 2 YEARS |            222 |      5,326,569 |  
            | 3 WITHIN PAST 3 YEARS |            199 |      4,647,863 |  
            | 4 WITHIN PAST 5 YEARS |            219 |      5,406,993 |  
            | 5 WITHIN PAST 10 YEARS |            150 |      4,215,023 |  
            | 6 MORE THAN 10 YEARS |            162 |      4,606,963 |  
            | 7 NEVER |          4,137 |     95,382,832 |  
            | TOTAL |         14,541 |    314,909,377 |  
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