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            | MEPS HC-156 |  
            | PANEL 16 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK |  
            | DATE:  October 19, 2017 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | BPCHEK5 |  
            | Description: | TIME SNCE LST BLOOD PRES CHK (>17)-RD5 |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 1495 |  
            | End: | 1496 |  
 
        
          
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            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED |              1 |         15,357 |  
            | -8 DK |            405 |      6,368,514 |  
            | -7 REFUSED |             34 |        724,277 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |          5,405 |     80,250,583 |  
            | 1 WITHIN PAST YEAR |          9,835 |    184,868,021 |  
            | 2 WITHIN PAST 2 YEARS |          1,257 |     21,454,104 |  
            | 3 WITHIN PAST 3 YEARS |            663 |     10,093,226 |  
            | 4 WITHIN PAST 5 YEARS |            263 |      3,901,657 |  
            | 5 MORE THAN 5 YEARS |            367 |      5,680,979 |  
            | 6 NEVER |            282 |      3,425,059 |  
            | TOTAL |         18,512 |    316,781,778 |  
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