Medical Expenditure Panel Survey PUF Codebook

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MEPS HC-252

PANEL 27 LONGITUDINAL DATA CODEBOOK

DATE:September 10, 2025

Variable Name:	CANCERY1
Description:	CANCER DIAGNOSIS (>17) 22
Format:	3.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	598
End:	600

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED BY LONGWT
-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED	1	9,318
-8 DK	6	278,113
-7 REFUSED	1	33,533
-1 INAPPLICABLE	1,665	76,927,056
1 YES	906	29,057,339
2 NO	5,713	232,291,961
TOTAL	8,292	338,597,320

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