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            | MEPS HC-172 |  
            | PANEL 18 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK |  
            | DATE:  October 23, 2017 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | BPCHEK3 |  
            | Description: | TIME SNCE LST BLOOD PRES CHK (>17)-RD3 |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 1194 |  
            | End: | 1195 |  
 
        
          
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            | -8 DK |            291 |      5,119,171 |  
            | -7 REFUSED |             29 |        594,823 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |          5,013 |     80,949,393 |  
            | 1 WITHIN PAST YEAR |          8,949 |    192,103,014 |  
            | 2 WITHIN PAST 2 YEARS |          1,164 |     20,441,768 |  
            | 3 WITHIN PAST 3 YEARS |            427 |      7,280,067 |  
            | 4 WITHIN PAST 5 YEARS |            264 |      4,814,912 |  
            | 5 MORE THAN 5 YEARS |            322 |      6,572,887 |  
            | 6 NEVER |            255 |      3,733,589 |  
            | TOTAL |         16,714 |    321,609,625 |  
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