\documentclass[letterpaper]{article}
\usepackage{tikz}
\usepackage{pgfplots}
\pgfplotsset{compat=1.7}

\pgfplotstableread{%
Label     value       num
992       70          1
993       120         2
994       30          3
995       330         4
999       50          5
988       50          6
989       50          7
983       50          8
}\mydat
\begin{document}

\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[
    xbar,
    xlabel=My value,
    ylabel=Label here,
    xmajorgrids=true,
    ytick=data,
    yticklabels from table={\mydat}{Label},
    nodes near coords,
]
    \addplot table [x=value, y=num] {\mydat};
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}

\begin{tikzpicture}
\begin{axis}[
    xbar,
    xlabel=My value,
    ylabel=Label here,
    xmajorgrids=true,
    ytick=data,
    yticklabels from table={\mydat}{Label},
    nodes near coords,
	bar width=5pt,
]
    \addplot table [x=value, y=num] {\mydat};
    \addplot table [x=value, y=num] {\mydat};
\end{axis}
\end{tikzpicture}
\end{document}
