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MEPS HC 251

2023 FULL YEAR CONSOLIDATED DATA CODEBOOK

DATE: August 12, 2025

Variable Name:	ARTHAGED
Description:	AGE OF DIAGNOSIS-ARTHRITIS
Format:	3.0
Type:	NUM
Start:	375
End:	377

VALUE	UNWEIGHTED	WEIGHTED
-15 CANNOT BE COMPUTED	41	704,918
-8 DON'T KNOW	263	3,799,321
-1 INAPPLICABLE	14,490	270,605,286
0 - 85 AGE AT DIAGNOSIS	4,125	59,420,749
TOTAL	18,919	334,530,273

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