Lifestyles and preventive practices. Absolute figures 
Time since the last cholesterol test, by sex and employment situation. 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	
    Employed	14,984.8	3,749.8	2,220.6	4,796.3	2,905.7	733.0	579.4	
    Unemployed	1,970.2	426.9	224.8	561.2	512.8	143.6	100.8	
    Student	1,069.3	141.3	139.6	257.0	372.8	104.4	54.3	
    Retired person, pensioner	6,994.2	2,772.7	1,109.4	1,725.5	861.4	199.1	326.1	
    Mainly dedicated to household chores	4,174.9	1,251.1	640.8	1,170.5	762.4	191.1	159.0	
    Other situations	276.8	103.1	28.7	75.2	44.3	8.4	17.2	
    No data recorded	74.3	19.2	6.1	38.3	7.8	0.5	2.4	
MALES	
    Total	14,179.1	3,958.1	2,049.7	4,289.0	2,536.9	728.3	617.0	
    Employed	8,843.5	2,184.5	1,259.2	2,945.9	1,625.0	466.8	362.2	
    Unemployed	818.9	162.4	93.1	233.6	207.5	73.4	48.8	
    Student	486.3	35.1	58.0	118.9	191.7	57.4	25.2	
    Retired person, pensioner	3,856.2	1,509.0	627.9	944.3	480.6	125.3	169.1	
    Mainly dedicated to household chores	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	
    Other situations	134.4	57.4	9.9	30.1	21.0	4.3	11.7	
    No data recorded	31.1	9.5	1.5	14.4	5.1	0.5	0.0	
FEMALES	
    Total	15,365.4	4,505.9	2,320.3	4,335.0	2,930.2	651.8	622.2	
    Employed	6,141.2	1,565.3	961.3	1,850.4	1,280.8	266.2	217.2	
    Unemployed	1,151.3	264.5	131.7	327.6	305.2	70.3	52.0	
    Student	583.1	106.2	81.6	138.1	181.0	47.0	29.1	
    Retired person, pensioner	3,138.0	1,263.7	481.5	781.2	380.7	73.8	157.0	
    Mainly dedicated to household chores	4,166.2	1,250.7	640.8	1,168.8	756.5	190.4	159.0	
    Other situations	142.4	45.7	18.8	45.1	23.3	4.1	5.4	
    No data recorded	43.2	9.7	4.5	23.9	2.7	0.0	2.4	
Notes:

.Data protected by statistical secrecy

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