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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2011 Oct 8.
Published in final edited form as: J Manipulative Physiol Ther. 2010 Oct 8;33(8):562–575. doi: 10.1016/j.jmpt.2010.08.017

Table 1.

MEPS respondents who were in-scope and had data for all 5 data collection rounds of the panel, for each 2-year longitudinal panel 10-through-5.

Panel ALL MEPS respondents All 5 Rounds Adultsa Malesa Whitea
10 15,177 14,186 9,964 6,659 10,698
9 15,631 14,630 10,219 6,858 11,352
8 15,774 14,800 10,344 6,892 11,387
7 15,732 14,784 10,081 6,891 11,432
6 20,578 19,385 13,821 9,190 15,629
5 10,129 9,517 6,797 4,502 7,758
Pooled across Panels 5–10: 93,021 87,302 61,226 (70%) 40,992 (46%) 68,256 (78%)
a

Demographics (adults, sex, race) reported for MEPS respondents in All 5 Rounds. Adult defined as age 18 or older at start of 2-year panel timeframe. White defined in MEPS Years 2002 and after as “White – no other race reported”; White defined in MEPS Years 2001 and earlier as “White”.