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 employment situation. Population aged 16 years old and over 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	6,782.8	814.3	5,736.6	232.0	
    Employed	3,131.4	327.8	2,683.7	120.0	
    Unemployed	546.5	40.5	491.5	14.5	
    Student	429.4	37.3	389.5	2.6	
    Retired person, pensioner	1,668.4	293.8	1,328.4	46.2	
    Mainly dedicated to household chores	925.2	99.4	783.1	42.8	
    Other situations	67.7	15.6	50.3	1.8	
    No data recorded	14.3	0.0	10.1	4.2	
MALES	
    Total	3,149.5	373.3	2,691.0	85.2	
    Employed	1,729.8	152.1	1,522.4	55.4	
    Unemployed	212.7	16.5	194.5	1.7	
    Student	237.3	21.1	215.2	1.0	
    Retired person, pensioner	931.8	172.5	736.3	23.0	
    Mainly dedicated to household chores	.	.	.	.	
    Other situations	.	.	.	.	
    No data recorded	10.5	0.0	6.4	4.2	
FEMALES	
    Total	3,633.3	440.9	3,045.6	146.8	
    Employed	1,401.6	175.7	1,161.3	64.6	
    Unemployed	333.8	24.0	297.0	12.8	
    Student	192.1	16.2	174.3	1.6	
    Retired person, pensioner	736.5	121.2	592.1	23.2	
    Mainly dedicated to household chores	924.7	99.4	782.5	42.8	
    Other situations	40.9	4.5	34.6	1.8	
    No data recorded	3.7	0.0	3.7	0.0	
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