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st: Create a flag variable for 10 most frequent values
From
"Cohen, Elan" <cohened@upmc.edu>
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st: Create a flag variable for 10 most frequent values
Date
Mon, 16 Nov 2009 16:25:15 -0500
Hi all,
I have a string variable dx that represents a patient's diagnosis (about 5,000 unique values). I'd like to create a "top 10 flag" that equals 1 if dx is one of the top 10 most frequent diagnoses and 0 otherwise.
I'm not even sure where to begin. If someone could point me in the right direction, I'd be grateful. Stata 10, Windows XP
Thank you,
- Elan
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