Use of health services and consumption of medicines. Absolute figures
Reason for the last doctor visit in the last 4 weeks, by sex and age group. Population aged 16 years old and over that has visited a doctor in the last 4 weeks
Units: thousands of persons

	Total	Diagnosis of an illness or health problem	Check-up due to illness	Healthy child care programme (including vaccination)	Administrative consultations (only to obtain medical prescriptions or sick leave documentation)	Other reasons	Does not answer	
BOTH SEXES	
    Total	16,499.6	7,036.2	4,740.8	366.7	3,036.7	1,124.0	195.2	
    0 to 4 years of age	1,177.6	692.7	128.0	264.2	3.7	69.1	19.8	
    5 to 15 years of age	1,339.0	872.1	235.5	102.5	12.6	101.3	14.9	
    16 to 24 years of age	1,141.9	657.6	285.3	..	67.9	120.3	10.8	
    25 to 34 years of age	2,133.8	1,043.8	599.0	..	204.8	242.0	44.2	
    35 to 44 years of age	2,154.5	968.4	695.0	..	292.9	173.2	25.0	
    45 to 54 years of age	2,109.3	877.7	660.1	..	417.1	138.3	16.2	
    55 to 64 years of age	2,212.3	718.3	743.0	..	622.5	107.9	20.6	
    65 to 74 years of age	2,187.3	637.6	718.4	..	716.3	91.2	23.9	
    75 years old and over	2,044.0	567.9	676.6	..	699.0	80.7	19.8	
MALES	
    Total	7,024.8	3,026.3	1,989.6	191.8	1,224.3	510.9	81.8	
    0 to 4 years of age	603.9	350.4	70.6	136.2	1.5	33.1	12.1	
    5 to 15 years of age	675.4	403.5	141.1	55.5	5.8	60.1	9.4	
    16 to 24 years of age	477.2	263.8	122.8	..	21.0	62.5	7.0	
    25 to 34 years of age	852.1	478.4	172.0	..	85.3	111.3	5.1	
    35 to 44 years of age	906.5	409.9	269.5	..	127.9	89.0	10.3	
    45 to 54 years of age	815.7	329.3	250.9	..	163.7	64.4	7.4	
    55 to 64 years of age	949.4	299.7	349.0	..	253.4	36.0	11.5	
    65 to 74 years of age	886.3	254.6	324.0	..	268.8	28.7	10.1	
    75 years old and over	858.2	236.7	289.5	..	297.0	26.0	9.0	
FEMALES	
    Total	9,474.8	4,009.8	2,751.2	175.0	1,812.4	613.0	113.4	
    0 to 4 years of age	573.7	342.3	57.4	128.0	2.2	36.0	7.8	
    5 to 15 years of age	663.5	468.6	94.4	47.0	6.9	41.2	5.5	
    16 to 24 years of age	664.7	393.7	162.5	..	46.9	57.8	3.8	
    25 to 34 years of age	1,281.7	565.4	427.0	..	119.4	130.7	39.1	
    35 to 44 years of age	1,248.0	558.5	425.4	..	165.0	84.3	14.7	
    45 to 54 years of age	1,293.6	548.4	409.1	..	253.4	73.9	8.8	
    55 to 64 years of age	1,262.8	418.6	394.0	..	369.1	72.0	9.1	
    65 to 74 years of age	1,301.1	383.0	394.4	..	447.4	62.5	13.8	
    75 years old and over	1,185.8	331.2	387.0	..	402.1	54.7	10.8	
Notes:
1) The categories 'Health monitoring (healthy child care programme)' and  'Vaccination' are only collected for persons under 16 years of age. 
  
 The category 'Sick leave documentation' only covers  persons aged 16 years old or over. 
  
 This table does not cover those persons who, having  visited a doctor in the last 4 weeks, have done so  in an accident and emergency service.
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