Hi,

I have the following data for years 2012-2016 for males and females in this dataset. The v6, v7, v8 go all the way to 100 and tell us the number of people of each age. I want to add the values for each local authority by gender, and then total the numbers into age bands 1-10, 11-20 ect... so that I end up with the total number of people in each age band by local authority level.

Any help is greatly appreciated!

Code:
* Example generated by -dataex-. To install: ssc install dataex
clear
input int year str7 gender str9 code str36 name str7(v6 v7 v8)
2012 "Female " "E92000001" "ENGLAND"                         "339,662" "333,659" "329,489"
2012 "Female " "E12000001" "NORTH EAST"                      "14,909"  "14,996"  "14,791" 
2012 "Female " "E06000047" "County Durham"                   "2,755"   "2,913"   "2,877"  
2012 "Female " "E06000005" "Darlington"                      "661"     "629"     "651"    
2012 "Female " "E06000001" "Hartlepool"                      "557"     "559"     "575"    
2012 "Female " "E06000002" "Middlesbrough"                   "983"     "1,039"   "925"    
2012 "Female " "E06000057" "Northumberland"                  "1,507"   "1,520"   "1,569"  
2012 "Female " "E06000003" "Redcar and Cleveland"            "755"     "798"     "750"    
2012 "Female " "E06000004" "Stockton-on-Tees"                "1,245"   "1,223"   "1,225"  
2012 "Female " "E11000007" "Tyne and Wear (Met County)"      "6,446"   "6,315"   "6,219"  
2012 "Female " "E08000037" "Gateshead"                       "1,134"   "1,206"   "1,117"  
2012 "Female " "E08000021" "Newcastle upon Tyne"             "1,657"   "1,695"   "1,663"  
2012 "Female " "E08000022" "North Tyneside"                  "1,172"   "1,149"   "1,144"  
2012 "Female " "E08000023" "South Tyneside"                  "846"     "790"     "807"    
2012 "Female " "E08000024" "Sunderland"                      "1,637"   "1,475"   "1,488"  
2012 "Female " "E12000002" "NORTH WEST"                      "43,919"  "43,373"  "42,508" 
2012 "Female " "E06000008" "Blackburn with Darwen"           "1,170"   "1,046"   "1,094"  
2012 "Female " "E06000009" "Blackpool"                       "932"     "830"     "810"    
2012 "Female " "E06000049" "Cheshire East"                   "1,991"   "2,091"   "1,858"  
2012 "Female " "E06000050" "Cheshire West and Chester"       "1,814"   "1,795"   "1,800"  
2012 "Female " "E06000006" "Halton"                          "762"     "807"     "910"    
2012 "Female " "E06000007" "Warrington"                      "1,195"   "1,294"   "1,166"  
2012 "Female " "E10000006" "Cumbria"                         "2,527"   "2,524"   "2,453"  
2012 "Female " "E07000026" "Allerdale"                       "480"     "523"     "510"    
2012 "Female " "E07000027" "Barrow-in-Furness"               "386"     "366"     "330"    
2012 "Female " "E07000028" "Carlisle"                        "656"     "627"     "586"    
2012 "Female " "E07000029" "Copeland"                        "373"     "353"     "366"    
2012 "Female " "E07000030" "Eden"                            "187"     "222"     "237"    
2012 "Female " "E07000031" "South Lakeland"                  "445"     "433"     "424"    
2012 "Female " "E11000001" "Greater Manchester (Met County)" "18,691"  "18,381"  "17,932" 
2012 "Female " "E08000001" "Bolton"                          "2,003"   "1,957"   "1,920"  
2012 "Female " "E08000002" "Bury"                            "1,244"   "1,277"   "1,167"  
2012 "Female " "E08000003" "Manchester"                      "4,081"   "3,705"   "3,625"  
2012 "Female " "E08000004" "Oldham"                          "1,648"   "1,642"   "1,650"  
2012 "Female " "E08000005" "Rochdale"                        "1,461"   "1,484"   "1,429"  
2012 "Female " "E08000006" "Salford"                         "1,709"   "1,750"   "1,579"  
2012 "Female " "E08000007" "Stockport"                       "1,723"   "1,710"   "1,688"  
2012 "Female " "E08000008" "Tameside"                        "1,518"   "1,485"   "1,498"  
2012 "Female " "E08000009" "Trafford"                        "1,382"   "1,472"   "1,469"  
2012 "Female " "E08000010" "Wigan"                           "1,922"   "1,899"   "1,907"  
2012 "Female " "E10000017" "Lancashire"                      "6,529"   "6,719"   "6,738"  
2012 "Female " "E07000117" "Burnley"                         "602"     "551"     "597"    
2012 "Female " "E07000118" "Chorley"                         "612"     "649"     "634"    
2012 "Female " "E07000119" "Fylde"                           "294"     "414"     "370"    
2012 "Female " "E07000120" "Hyndburn"                        "539"     "517"     "518"    
2012 "Female " "E07000121" "Lancaster"                       "775"     "779"     "688"    
2012 "Female " "E07000122" "Pendle"                          "616"     "632"     "623"    
2012 "Female " "E07000123" "Preston"                         "876"     "888"     "952"    
2012 "Female " "E07000124" "Ribble Valley"                   "225"     "246"     "288"    
2012 "Female " "E07000125" "Rossendale"                      "428"     "435"     "427"    
2012 "Female " "E07000126" "South Ribble"                    "568"     "626"     "602"    
2012 "Female " "E07000127" "West Lancashire"                 "544"     "534"     "573"    
2012 "Female " "E07000128" "Wyre"                            "450"     "448"     "466"    
2012 "Female " "E11000002" "Merseyside (Met County)"         "8,308"   "7,886"   "7,747"  
2012 "Female " "E08000011" "Knowsley"                        "922"     "954"     "867"    
2012 "Female " "E08000012" "Liverpool"                       "3,009"   "2,641"   "2,536"  
2012 "Female " "E08000014" "Sefton"                          "1,386"   "1,439"   "1,441"  
2012 "Female " "E08000013" "St. Helens"                      "1,092"   "1,021"   "1,070"  
2012 "Female " "E08000015" "Wirral"                          "1,899"   "1,831"   "1,833"  
2012 "Female " "E12000003" "YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER"        "33,314"  "32,361"  "32,652" 
2012 "Female " "E06000011" "East Riding of Yorkshire"        "1,463"   "1,556"   "1,649"  
2012 "Female " "E06000010" "Kingston upon Hull, City of"     "1,883"   "1,734"   "1,713"  
2012 "Female " "E06000012" "North East Lincolnshire"         "1,054"   "960"     "1,048"  
2012 "Female " "E06000013" "North Lincolnshire"              "944"     "1,019"   "975"    
2012 "Female " "E06000014" "York"                            "1,051"   "1,031"   "1,071"  
2012 "Female " "E10000023" "North Yorkshire"                 "3,049"   "3,023"   "3,048"  
2012 "Female " "E07000163" "Craven"                          "267"     "240"     "255"    
2012 "Female " "E07000164" "Hambleton"                       "452"     "423"     "437"    
2012 "Female " "E07000165" "Harrogate"                       "797"     "843"     "848"    
2012 "Female " "E07000166" "Richmondshire"                   "302"     "310"     "258"    
2012 "Female " "E07000167" "Ryedale"                         "201"     "241"     "249"    
2012 "Female " "E07000168" "Scarborough"                     "566"     "513"     "525"    
2012 "Female " "E07000169" "Selby"                           "464"     "453"     "476"    
2012 "Female " "E11000003" "South Yorkshire (Met County)"    "8,316"   "8,009"   "8,237"  
2012 "Female " "E08000016" "Barnsley"                        "1,480"   "1,374"   "1,405"  
2012 "Female " "E08000017" "Doncaster"                       "1,832"   "1,872"   "1,906"  
2012 "Female " "E08000018" "Rotherham"                       "1,548"   "1,522"   "1,567"  
2012 "Female " "E08000019" "Sheffield"                       "3,456"   "3,241"   "3,359"  
2012 "Female " "E11000006" "West Yorkshire (Met County)"     "15,554"  "15,029"  "14,911" 
2012 "Female " "E08000032" "Bradford"                        "4,140"   "3,994"   "4,036"  
2012 "Female " "E08000033" "Calderdale"                      "1,290"   "1,259"   "1,304"  
2012 "Female " "E08000034" "Kirklees"                        "2,942"   "2,926"   "2,746"  
2012 "Female " "E08000035" "Leeds"                           "5,107"   "4,896"   "4,898"  
2012 "Female " "E08000036" "Wakefield"                       "2,075"   "1,954"   "1,927"  
2012 "Female " "E12000004" "EAST MIDLANDS"                   "27,265"  "27,133"  "26,777" 
2012 "Female " "E06000015" "Derby"                           "1,922"   "1,798"   "1,715"  
2012 "Female " "E06000016" "Leicester"                       "2,621"   "2,504"   "2,390"  
2012 "Female " "E06000018" "Nottingham"                      "2,140"   "1,927"   "1,950"  
2012 "Female " "E06000017" "Rutland"                         "152"     "171"     "191"    
2012 "Female " "E10000007" "Derbyshire"                      "4,096"   "4,154"   "4,081"  
2012 "Female " "E07000032" "Amber Valley"                    "607"     "650"     "628"    
2012 "Female " "E07000033" "Bolsover"                        "444"     "469"     "364"    
2012 "Female " "E07000034" "Chesterfield"                    "598"     "577"     "568"    
2012 "Female " "E07000035" "Derbyshire Dales"                "312"     "285"     "303"    
2012 "Female " "E07000036" "Erewash"                         "663"     "646"     "666"    
2012 "Female " "E07000037" "High Peak"                       "488"     "502"     "472"    
2012 "Female " "E07000038" "North East Derbyshire"           "465"     "471"     "491"    
2012 "Female " "E07000039" "South Derbyshire"                "519"     "554"     "589"    
2012 "Female " "E10000018" "Leicestershire"                  "3,485"   "3,637"   "3,671"  
2012 "Female " "E07000129" "Blaby"                           "487"     "544"     "548"    
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