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MEPS HC 256

2024 FULL YEAR CONSOLIDATED DATA CODEBOOK

DATE: August 6, 2026

Variable Name:	CANCERDX
Description:	CANCER DIAGNOSIS (>17)
Format:	3.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	338
End:	340

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED
-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED	2	17,759
-8 DON'T KNOW	18	297,737
-7 REFUSED	8	21,394
-1 INAPPLICABLE	3,769	74,136,094
1 YES	2,169	30,851,348
2 NO	13,174	234,473,298
TOTAL	19,140	339,797,630

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