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hospdc13

Hospital in-patient days due to new condition: Cancer or malignancy

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indresp

Index term

Health: Hospital and Clinic Use

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	34778	96.45%
proxy	-7	1096	3.04%
[Value >= 0]	1	184	0.51%
	Total	36058	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
10.27	35874	1.0	164.0	19.75	184

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	37471	95.36%
proxy	-7	1683	4.28%
refusal	-2	1	0.0%
don't know	-1	3	0.01%
[Value >= 0]	1	136	0.35%
	Total	39294	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
11.7	39158	1.0	120.0	18.05	136

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	39163	92.87%
proxy	-7	2832	6.72%
don't know	-1	1	0.0%
[Value >= 0]	1	174	0.41%
	Total	42170	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
9.38	41996	1.0	90.0	13.11	174

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	37256	82.44%
proxy	-7	3129	6.92%
[Value >= 0]	1	4807	10.64%
	Total	45192	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
-9.12	40385	-10.0	190.0	5.91	4807

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	40806	91.01%
proxy	-7	3858	8.6%
don't know	-1	1	0.0%
[Value >= 0]	1	172	0.38%
	Total	44837	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
9.62	44665	1.0	90.0	12.46	172

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	42954	91.25%
proxy	-7	3935	8.36%
don't know	-1	1	0.0%
[Value >= 0]	1	184	0.39%
	Total	47074	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
11.31	46890	1.0	120.0	14.76	184

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	45674	91.91%
proxy	-7	3830	7.71%
don't know	-1	1	0.0%
[Value >= 0]	1	187	0.38%
	Total	49692	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
9.94	49505	1.0	140.0	15.07	187

Value label	Value	Absolute frequency	Relative frequency
inapplicable	-8	50457	92.47%
proxy	-7	3880	7.11%
don't know	-1	4	0.01%
[Value >= 0]	1	227	0.42%
	Total	54568	100.0%

Mean	Number Missing	Min	Max	Std Dev	N
13.82	54341	1.0	160.0	23.49	227

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