Trying to plot multiple independent variable in one Histogram

[kll123]

 Is it possible to plot multiple independent variables on a histogram, depicting frequencies?

To give more context in what I am trying to do, I would like to plot the number of HIV positive, HCV positive, Chlamydia positive, Gonnorhea positive, and Syphilis positive persons in one histogram. The issue is that I cannot collapse these into a categorical variable, since there is a lot of overlap (i.e., there are persons who are both HIV positive and HCV positive).

For now, I have 5 different variables (one for each disease) whose frequencies I would like to display side-by-side in a histogram.

Any help/advice would be appreciated!

[ballardw]

You may need to clarify what you mean by "side by side". Is that 5 separate plots or one plot with 5 categories.

What is the value of your disease variables? Histogram normally is used to group into ranges to see patterns of a continuous variable?

It sounds more like you might be looking for a Vbar type chart where the height is a count (or sum of a 0/1 coded variable).

Providing an example data set (remove any sensitive information) so we can see what your current data looks like will help provide better answers.