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 social class of the main breadwinner. 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	
    I: Executives of Public Administrations and of companies with 10 or more employees, and professions associated with university degrees	582.5	63.4	508.0	11.1	
    II: Executives of companies with fewer than 10 employees, and professions associated  with intermediate degrees. Advanced technicians. Artists and Sportspersons	719.8	72.0	639.4	8.4	
    III: Administrative type employees and Administrative and financial support professionals. Personal services and Security workers. Freelance workers. Supervisors of manual workers	1,761.5	237.4	1,471.9	52.1	
    IVa: Skilled manual workers	2,592.4	306.7	2,210.0	75.7	
    IVb: Semi-skilled manual workers	1,154.2	122.1	993.0	39.2	
    V: Unskilled workers	1,210.2	122.8	1,033.5	53.9	
    No data recorded	199.0	15.7	171.9	11.4	
MALES	
    Total	3,907.8	435.6	3,379.8	92.4	
    I: Executives of Public Administrations and of companies with 10 or more employees, and professions associated with university degrees	294.3	27.0	265.3	1.9	
    II: Executives of companies with fewer than 10 employees, and professions associated  with intermediate degrees. Advanced technicians. Artists and Sportspersons	350.9	37.5	308.2	5.2	
    III: Administrative type employees and Administrative and financial support professionals. Personal services and Security workers. Freelance workers. Supervisors of manual workers	873.6	109.2	748.2	16.2	
    IVa: Skilled manual workers	1,280.9	154.2	1,104.9	21.7	
    IVb: Semi-skilled manual workers	486.8	42.7	430.9	13.1	
    V: Unskilled workers	546.5	62.5	453.9	30.1	
    No data recorded	74.8	2.4	68.3	4.2	
FEMALES	
    Total	4,311.8	504.5	3,647.9	159.4	
    I: Executives of Public Administrations and of companies with 10 or more employees, and professions associated with university degrees	288.2	36.3	242.7	9.1	
    II: Executives of companies with fewer than 10 employees, and professions associated  with intermediate degrees. Advanced technicians. Artists and Sportspersons	368.9	34.5	331.2	3.2	
    III: Administrative type employees and Administrative and financial support professionals. Personal services and Security workers. Freelance workers. Supervisors of manual workers	887.8	128.2	723.7	35.9	
    IVa: Skilled manual workers	1,311.5	152.5	1,105.0	54.0	
    IVb: Semi-skilled manual workers	667.5	79.4	562.0	26.1	
    V: Unskilled workers	663.7	60.3	579.7	23.8	
    No data recorded	124.1	13.3	103.6	7.2	
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