Age Priority Condition Began. Date Accident Occurred The age of diagnosis (AGEDIAG) was collected for all priority conditions, except joint pain. The day, month, and year an accident or injury occurred (ACCDENTD, ACCDENTM, and ACCDENTY) were collected only for conditions that were reported as due to accident or injury. If the respondent did not know the accident year, or refused to provide it, or if the year was not ascertained (ACCDENTY in (-7, -8, -9)), a follow-up question gathered whether the accident occurred before or after January 1 of the reference year (ACCDNJAN). If the respondent replied that the accident occurred after January 1 of the reference year (ACCDNJAN = 2), then the reference year was used to set the accident year and ACCDNJAN was reset to Inapplicable (-1). To ensure confidentiality, the accident year was bottom-coded to 1927 and age of diagnosis was top-coded to 85. This corresponds with the date of birth bottom-coding and age top-coding in person-level PUFs.
Age Priority Condition Began. The age of diagnosis (AGEDIAG) was collected for all priority conditions, except joint pain. For confidentiality reasons, AGEDIAG is set to Inapplicable (-1) for cancer conditions. To ensure confidentiality, age of diagnosis was top-coded to 85. This corresponds with the age top-coding in person-level PUFs.
Age Priority Condition Began. Date Accident Occurred The month and year a priority condition began (CONDBEGM and CONDBEGY) were dropped from this file beginning in Panel 12. The age of diagnosis (AGEDIAG) was collected for all priority conditions, except joint pain. The day, month, and year an accident or injury occurred (ACCDENTD, ACCDENTM, and ACCDENTY) were collected only for conditions that were reported as due to accident or injury. If the respondent did not know the accident year, or refused to provide it, or if the year was not ascertained (ACCDENTY in (-7, -8, -9)), a follow-up question gathered whether the accident occurred before or after January 1 of the reference year (ACCDNJAN). If the respondent replied that the accident occurred after January 1 of the reference year (ACCDNJAN = 2), then the reference year was used to set the accident year and ACCDNJAN was reset to Inapplicable (-1). To ensure confidentiality, the accident year was bottom-coded to 1924 and age of diagnosis was top-coded to 85. This corresponds with the date of birth bottom-coding and age top-coding in person-level PUFs.
Age Priority Condition Began. The age of diagnosis (AGEDIAG) was collected for all priority conditions, except joint pain. Beginning in FY 2013, for confidentiality reasons, AGEDIAG is set to Inapplicable (-1) for cancer conditions. To ensure confidentiality, age of diagnosis was top-coded to 85. This corresponds with the age top-coding in person-level PUFs. Beginning with Panel 17 Round 5, Panel 18 Round 3, Panel 19 Round 1, the day, month, and year an accident or injury occurred (ACCDENTD, ACCDENTM, and ACCDENTY) and whether the accident or injury occurred before or after January 1 (ACCDNJAN) of the reference year when ACCDENTY is refused, don’t know, or not ascertained, were dropped from the MEPS interview. While Panel 17 Round 5 and Panel 18 Round 3 were fielded in 2014, they collect data relevant to 2013. Because there is not a full year’s worth of data for these variables in 2013, the variables are no longer on the file starting in 2013.
Age Priority Condition Began. The age of diagnosis (AGEDIAG) was collected for all priority conditions, except joint pain. Beginning in FY 2013, for confidentiality reasons, AGEDIAG is set to Inapplicable (-1) for cancer conditions. To ensure confidentiality, age of diagnosis was top-coded to 85. This corresponds with the age top-coding in person-level PUFs. Beginning in 2013, the day, month, and year an accident or injury occurred (ACCDENTD, ACCDENTM, and ACCDENTY) and whether the accident or injury occurred before or after January 1 (ACCDNJAN) of the reference year when ACCDENTY is refused, don’t know, or not ascertained, were dropped from the MEPS interview and are no longer collected.
