Use of health services and consumption of medicines. Absolute figures
Reason for the hospital stay in the last 12 months, by sex and age group. Population that has been hospitalised in the last 12 months
Units: thousands of persons

	Total	Surgical intervention	Medical study for diagnosis	Medical treatment without surgical intervention	Childbirth (including Ceasarean)	Other reasons	No data recorded	
BOTH SEXES	
    Total	3,962.6	1,671.5	720.4	721.6	511.5	307.2	30.4	
    0 to 4 years of age	194.4	28.9	74.0	70.6	..	19.0	1.8	
    5 to 15 years of age	179.3	73.1	51.4	36.6	..	13.6	4.6	
    16 to 24 years of age	233.8	82.7	37.4	31.8	67.4	9.9	4.4	
    25 to 34 years of age	785.2	223.1	88.5	84.1	337.6	49.3	2.5	
    35 to 44 years of age	530.6	222.1	62.6	70.6	106.4	62.5	6.4	
    45 to 54 years of age	442.2	274.7	80.4	59.3	0.0	27.0	0.8	
    55 to 64 years of age	499.4	301.9	81.8	78.1	0.0	34.8	2.9	
    65 to 74 years of age	518.9	273.5	98.3	106.0	0.0	38.0	3.1	
    75 years old and over	579.0	191.5	146.0	184.6	0.0	53.1	3.7	
MALES	
    Total	1,786.5	840.0	372.9	397.1	..	157.4	19.1	
    0 to 4 years of age	121.9	22.2	43.1	43.3	..	11.5	1.8	
    5 to 15 years of age	107.6	50.5	25.3	20.2	..	9.7	2.0	
    16 to 24 years of age	.	.	.	.	..	.	.	
    25 to 34 years of age	229.5	110.2	52.4	50.5	..	13.9	2.5	
    35 to 44 years of age	229.2	119.5	35.1	32.1	..	37.5	5.0	
    45 to 54 years of age	224.3	129.7	52.2	31.3	..	11.0	0.0	
    55 to 64 years of age	282.1	154.9	50.0	53.0	..	24.2	0.0	
    65 to 74 years of age	248.4	126.9	50.1	52.7	..	16.3	2.4	
    75 years old and over	264.9	79.4	54.4	103.6	..	26.5	1.0	
FEMALES	
    Total	2,176.1	831.5	347.5	324.6	511.5	149.8	11.3	
    0 to 4 years of age	72.5	6.8	30.9	27.3	..	7.5	0.0	
    5 to 15 years of age	71.7	22.6	26.1	16.5	..	3.9	2.7	
    16 to 24 years of age	155.1	35.9	27.1	21.5	67.4	3.2	0.0	
    25 to 34 years of age	555.7	113.0	36.1	33.6	337.6	35.4	0.0	
    35 to 44 years of age	301.4	102.6	27.5	38.5	106.4	25.1	1.4	
    45 to 54 years of age	217.9	145.1	28.2	27.9	0.0	15.9	0.8	
    55 to 64 years of age	217.3	147.0	31.7	25.1	0.0	10.6	2.9	
    65 to 74 years of age	270.5	146.5	48.3	53.3	0.0	21.7	0.7	
    75 years old and over	314.0	112.1	91.6	81.0	0.0	26.6	2.7	
Notes:

.Data protected by statistical secrecy

1) The category 'Childbirth' only covers women aged 16 years and over
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