Lifestyles and preventive practices. Absolute figures Time since the last cholesterol test, by sex and Autonomous Community. Population aged 16 years old and over that has had cholesterol tested at some point in time Units: thousands of persons Total Less than 3 months Between 3 and 5 months Between 6 months and one year Between 1 and 3 years More than 3 years Does not know / Does not answer BOTH SEXES Total 29,544.4 8,464.1 4,369.9 8,624.0 5,467.2 1,380.1 1,239.2 Andalucía 4,742.5 1,374.2 678.3 1,218.5 846.8 200.5 424.2 Aragón 997.1 253.6 146.6 332.1 179.7 51.0 34.2 Asturias (Principado de) 830.0 238.4 104.8 229.8 195.7 52.4 8.8 Balears (Illes) 681.9 213.1 83.4 181.1 133.7 33.3 37.3 Canarias 1,305.1 424.9 236.7 339.5 226.3 68.4 9.3 Cantabria 409.8 104.5 55.2 120.0 78.6 19.8 31.7 Castilla y León 1,854.3 455.6 251.9 498.2 473.3 120.1 55.2 Castilla-La Mancha 1,227.6 325.1 169.6 382.0 240.5 72.7 37.6 Cataluña 4,386.3 1,314.5 675.8 1,441.6 634.8 143.8 175.8 Comunitat Valenciana 3,200.6 897.2 473.5 954.8 627.6 175.9 71.5 Extremadura 765.9 225.6 99.3 195.5 139.2 66.6 39.7 Galicia 1,891.6 499.7 311.9 541.9 379.7 99.5 58.9 Madrid (Comunidad de) 4,083.2 1,234.4 563.5 1,244.4 756.7 168.1 116.2 Murcia (Región de) 914.4 296.1 152.0 233.5 156.6 33.2 43.1 Navarra (Comunidad Foral de) 394.9 108.6 53.6 117.9 86.1 19.9 8.8 País Vasco 1,554.9 414.8 278.4 499.9 254.4 45.8 61.5 Rioja (La) 238.9 52.1 26.3 80.5 50.8 6.6 22.6 Ceuta and Melilla 65.2 31.5 9.3 12.7 6.4 2.6 2.7 MALES Total 14,179.1 3,958.1 2,049.7 4,289.0 2,536.9 728.3 617.0 Andalucía 2,271.9 678.8 331.9 630.8 337.2 96.1 197.0 Aragón 498.6 135.5 70.9 174.4 78.2 25.1 14.5 Asturias (Principado de) 388.1 97.3 56.4 111.3 92.5 25.0 5.6 Balears (Illes) 330.8 95.7 44.6 93.1 58.4 17.1 22.0 Canarias 605.7 175.7 118.2 164.1 100.9 41.3 5.6 Cantabria 197.6 47.0 23.5 60.5 41.2 12.3 13.0 Castilla y León 922.5 236.5 115.0 256.8 211.5 74.3 28.5 Castilla-La Mancha 592.7 162.1 73.8 201.3 108.9 30.1 16.6 Cataluña 2,092.4 586.0 308.1 739.8 278.2 77.3 102.9 Comunitat Valenciana 1,541.9 433.5 195.3 440.6 331.0 99.1 42.4 Extremadura 381.5 107.3 56.9 102.0 67.7 32.3 15.3 Galicia 867.1 212.6 154.5 230.5 177.4 66.1 25.9 Madrid (Comunidad de) 1,924.3 546.7 237.3 608.2 406.4 76.6 49.1 Murcia (Región de) 461.3 145.6 84.2 126.5 61.1 17.2 26.6 Navarra (Comunidad Foral de) 195.6 51.7 26.1 60.3 43.4 10.6 3.6 País Vasco 756.1 210.2 137.3 234.2 117.1 23.6 33.6 Rioja (La) 119.5 23.3 11.4 46.4 22.6 2.7 13.1 Ceuta and Melilla 31.5 12.7 4.3 8.1 3.1 1.7 1.6 FEMALES Total 15,365.4 4,505.9 2,320.3 4,335.0 2,930.2 651.8 622.2 Andalucía 2,470.6 695.3 346.4 587.7 509.7 104.4 227.2 Aragón 498.5 118.1 75.6 157.7 101.5 25.9 19.7 Asturias (Principado de) 441.9 141.1 48.4 118.5 103.2 27.5 3.3 Balears (Illes) 351.1 117.4 38.8 88.0 75.3 16.2 15.4 Canarias 699.4 249.2 118.5 175.5 125.4 27.1 3.7 Cantabria 212.2 57.5 31.7 59.4 37.4 7.5 18.7 Castilla y León 931.8 219.1 136.9 241.4 261.8 45.9 26.7 Castilla-La Mancha 634.9 163.1 95.8 180.6 131.6 42.6 21.1 Cataluña 2,294.0 728.6 367.7 701.7 356.6 66.5 72.9 Comunitat Valenciana 1,658.8 463.7 278.2 514.2 296.7 76.8 29.1 Extremadura 384.4 118.3 42.4 93.5 71.5 34.3 24.4 Galicia 1,024.5 287.1 157.3 311.4 202.3 33.4 33.0 Madrid (Comunidad de) 2,158.9 687.7 326.2 636.2 350.3 91.4 67.1 Murcia (Región de) 453.1 150.5 67.8 106.9 95.5 16.0 16.5 Navarra (Comunidad Foral de) 199.3 56.9 27.5 57.6 42.7 9.3 5.2 País Vasco 798.8 204.7 141.1 265.7 137.3 22.2 27.8 Rioja (La) 119.4 28.9 14.9 34.2 28.2 3.9 9.4 Ceuta and Melilla 33.7 18.8 5.0 4.6 3.3 1.0 1.0 Notes: The symbol '.' shall be deemed as data which cannot be provided since it may be affected by sampling errors. The symbol '..' shall be deemed as data which is not collected. The symbol '...' shall be deemed as an 'error of division by zero'. Source: Ministry of Health and Consumption and INE