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            | MEPS H97 CODEBOOK |  
            | 2005 FULL YEAR CONSOLIDATED DATA FILE |  
            | DATE:      May 22, 2008 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | CHLCHK53 |  
            | Description: | DCS: HOW LONG SINCE CHOLESTEROL CHECK |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 1016 |  
            | End: | 1017 |  
 
        
          
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            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED |             35 |        328,657 |  
            | -8 DK |              5 |         60,059 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |         32,307 |    281,889,778 |  
            | 0 NEVER |             45 |        276,533 |  
            | 1 WITHIN PAST YEAR |          1,394 |     12,185,403 |  
            | 2 WITHIN PAST 2 YEARS |            117 |        995,439 |  
            | 3 WITHIN PAST 3 YEARS |             34 |        222,565 |  
            | 4 WITHIN PAST 5 YEARS |             10 |         76,888 |  
            | 5 MORE THAN 5 YEARS |             14 |        149,679 |  
            | TOTAL |         33,961 |    296,185,002 |  
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