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            | MEPS HC-86 |  
            | PANEL 8 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK |  
            | DATE:  October 26, 2017 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | BPCHEK5 |  
            | Description: | TIME SNCE LST BLOOD PRES CHK (>17)-RD5 |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 1638 |  
            | End: | 1639 |  
 
        
          
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            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED |              3 |         63,428 |  
            | -8 DK |            313 |      5,881,322 |  
            | -7 REFUSED |             13 |        337,683 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |          5,123 |     79,777,290 |  
            | 1 WITHIN PAST YEAR |          8,460 |    168,167,182 |  
            | 2 WITHIN PAST 2 YEARS |          1,088 |     21,055,139 |  
            | 3 WITHIN PAST 3 YEARS |            539 |      9,808,280 |  
            | 4 WITHIN PAST 5 YEARS |            175 |      3,316,063 |  
            | 5 MORE THAN 5 YEARS |            314 |      5,666,112 |  
            | 6 NEVER |            228 |      3,183,284 |  
            | TOTAL |         16,256 |    297,255,784 |  
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