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            | MEPS HC-172 |  
            | PANEL 18 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK |  
            | DATE:  October 23, 2017 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | BSTST5 |  
            | Description: | MST RCNT BLD STOOL TST HME KIT(>39)-R5 |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 1256 |  
            | End: | 1257 |  
 
        
          
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            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED |              1 |         12,315 |  
            | -8 DK |            352 |      6,990,100 |  
            | -7 REFUSED |             30 |        942,199 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |          9,837 |    172,761,614 |  
            | 1 WITHIN PAST YEAR |            673 |     12,539,451 |  
            | 2 WITHIN PAST 2 YEARS |            308 |      6,247,762 |  
            | 3 WITHIN PAST 3 YEARS |            173 |      3,794,080 |  
            | 4 WITHIN PAST 5 YEARS |            264 |      6,442,853 |  
            | 5 WITHIN PAST 10 YEARS |            174 |      4,620,546 |  
            | 6 MORE THAN 10 YEARS |            229 |      6,119,466 |  
            | 7 NEVER |          4,673 |    101,139,238 |  
            | TOTAL |         16,714 |    321,609,625 |  
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