sysuse pop2000, clear replace maletotal = -maletotal/1e+6 replace femtotal = femtotal/1e+6 gen zero = 0 #delimit ; twoway bar maletotal agegrp, horizontal xvarlab(Males) || bar femtotal agegrp, horizontal xvarlab(Females) || sc agegrp zero , mlabel(agegrp) mlabcolor(black) msymbol(i) xtitle("Population in millions") ytitle("") plotregion(style(none)) ysca(noline) ylabel(none) xsca(noline titlegap(-3.5)) xlabel(-12 "12" -10 "10" -8 "8" -6 "6" -4 "4" 4(2)12 , tlength(0) grid gmin gmax) legend(order(1 "Males" 2 "Females")) title("US Male and Female Population by Age, 2000") note("Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000, Tables 1, 2 and 3") ; #delimit cr