Use of health services and consumption of medicines. Absolute figures
Indication of referral to the accident and emergency service in the last 12 months, by sex and age group. Population that has used the accident and emergency service of a public health hospital in the last 12 months
Units: thousands of persons

	Total	Because the doctor said to do so	Because the interviewee, his or her family members or other persons regarded it as necessary	No data recorded	
BOTH SEXES	
    Total	8,219.5	940.1	7,027.7	251.8	
    0 to 4 years of age	652.6	53.5	592.7	6.4	
    5 to 15 years of age	784.1	72.3	698.5	13.4	
    16 to 24 years of age	973.0	66.9	881.3	24.8	
    25 to 34 years of age	1,578.6	141.6	1,339.7	97.2	
    35 to 44 years of age	1,063.9	109.3	919.6	35.0	
    45 to 54 years of age	854.6	103.9	735.1	15.6	
    55 to 64 years of age	777.6	101.7	662.1	13.8	
    65 to 74 years of age	760.5	112.0	630.0	18.4	
    75 years old and over	774.6	178.8	568.7	27.1	
MALES	
    Total	3,907.8	435.6	3,379.8	92.4	
    0 to 4 years of age	325.4	28.0	294.2	3.2	
    5 to 15 years of age	432.8	34.2	394.6	4.0	
    16 to 24 years of age	468.1	32.3	429.7	6.1	
    25 to 34 years of age	675.7	55.4	588.1	32.2	
    35 to 44 years of age	531.5	44.5	475.7	11.2	
    45 to 54 years of age	404.2	36.3	360.7	7.3	
    55 to 64 years of age	394.3	58.6	329.6	6.2	
    65 to 74 years of age	342.4	61.0	267.7	13.7	
    75 years old and over	333.2	85.2	239.5	8.5	
FEMALES	
    Total	4,311.8	504.5	3,647.9	159.4	
    0 to 4 years of age	327.2	25.5	298.5	3.3	
    5 to 15 years of age	351.2	38.0	303.9	9.3	
    16 to 24 years of age	504.9	34.7	451.6	18.7	
    25 to 34 years of age	902.8	86.2	751.5	65.0	
    35 to 44 years of age	532.5	64.7	443.9	23.8	
    45 to 54 years of age	450.4	67.5	374.5	8.4	
    55 to 64 years of age	383.3	43.2	332.6	7.6	
    65 to 74 years of age	418.1	51.0	362.4	4.7	
    75 years old and over	441.4	93.6	329.2	18.6	
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