Lifestyles and preventive practices. Absolute figures Time since the last cholesterol test, by sex and nationality. 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 Spanish 26,965.1 7,857.4 3,926.7 7,857.3 4,923.5 1,257.3 1,142.8 Foreign 2,532.5 592.4 434.1 747.8 538.9 122.8 96.4 No data recorded 46.9 14.3 9.0 18.9 4.7 0.0 0.0 MALES Total 14,179.1 3,958.1 2,049.7 4,289.0 2,536.9 728.3 617.0 Spanish 13,021.4 3,697.7 1,866.7 3,922.0 2,310.4 663.4 561.1 Foreign 1,137.1 251.2 177.7 362.9 224.3 64.9 55.9 No data recorded 20.6 9.2 5.2 4.0 2.2 0.0 0.0 FEMALES Total 15,365.4 4,505.9 2,320.3 4,335.0 2,930.2 651.8 622.2 Spanish 13,943.7 4,159.7 2,060.0 3,935.3 2,613.1 593.9 581.7 Foreign 1,395.4 341.2 256.4 384.8 314.6 57.9 40.4 No data recorded 26.3 5.1 3.9 14.9 2.5 0.0 0.0 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