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            | MEPS HC-98 |  
            | PANEL 9 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK |  
            | DATE:  October 24, 2017 |  
 
          
            | Variable Name: | CHLCHK5 |  
            | Description: | DCS: HOW LONG SINCE CHOLESTEROL CHECK |  
            | Format: | 2.0 |  
            | Type: | NUM |  
            | Start: | 1962 |  
            | End: | 1963 |  
 
        
          
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            | -9 NOT ASCERTAINED |             14 |        290,644 |  
            | -8 DK |              2 |         87,915 |  
            | -1 INAPPLICABLE |         15,308 |    285,562,182 |  
            | 0 NEVER |             23 |        341,919 |  
            | 1 WITHIN PAST YEAR |            693 |     12,364,954 |  
            | 2 WITHIN PAST 2 YEARS |             49 |        938,266 |  
            | 3 WITHIN PAST 3 YEARS |             12 |        144,580 |  
            | 4 WITHIN PAST 5 YEARS |              5 |         66,963 |  
            | 5 MORE THAN 5 YEARS |              6 |        115,849 |  
            | TOTAL |         16,112 |    299,913,273 |  
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