Use of health services and consumption of medicines. Absolute figures
Consumption of medicines in the last 2 weeks, by sex and age group. Population aged 0 years old and over
Units: thousands of persons

	Total	Has taken medicines	Has not taken medicines	No data recorded	
BOTH SEXES	
    Total	44,339.2	27,385.4	16,666.2	287.6	
    0 to 4 years of age	2,180.0	1,044.7	1,123.8	11.5	
    5 to 15 years of age	4,730.4	1,680.7	3,009.5	40.2	
    16 to 24 years of age	4,660.5	2,216.3	2,415.5	28.6	
    25 to 34 years of age	7,611.5	4,065.1	3,509.9	36.5	
    35 to 44 years of age	7,252.4	4,122.4	3,067.9	62.1	
    45 to 54 years of age	5,910.3	3,859.4	2,022.0	28.9	
    55 to 64 years of age	4,733.3	3,789.3	912.0	32.0	
    65 to 74 years of age	3,848.4	3,419.5	410.7	18.2	
    75 years old and over	3,412.4	3,188.0	194.8	29.6	
MALES	
    Total	21,910.7	11,950.4	9,793.3	167.0	
    0 to 4 years of age	1,109.1	541.7	561.5	5.9	
    5 to 15 years of age	2,442.6	817.5	1,605.1	20.0	
    16 to 24 years of age	2,389.3	935.4	1,437.9	16.0	
    25 to 34 years of age	3,936.4	1,749.6	2,163.3	23.6	
    35 to 44 years of age	3,695.7	1,809.1	1,850.8	35.8	
    45 to 54 years of age	2,939.7	1,670.9	1,248.7	20.0	
    55 to 64 years of age	2,299.5	1,709.6	571.7	18.2	
    65 to 74 years of age	1,676.3	1,425.0	238.0	13.3	
    75 years old and over	1,422.0	1,291.8	116.2	14.0	
FEMALES	
    Total	22,428.5	15,435.0	6,872.9	120.6	
    0 to 4 years of age	1,070.9	503.0	562.3	5.6	
    5 to 15 years of age	2,287.7	863.2	1,404.4	20.2	
    16 to 24 years of age	2,271.2	1,281.0	977.7	12.6	
    25 to 34 years of age	3,675.1	2,315.6	1,346.6	12.9	
    35 to 44 years of age	3,556.6	2,313.3	1,217.1	26.2	
    45 to 54 years of age	2,970.7	2,188.5	773.3	8.9	
    55 to 64 years of age	2,433.8	2,079.7	340.3	13.8	
    65 to 74 years of age	2,172.1	1,994.5	172.7	4.9	
    75 years old and over	1,990.4	1,896.3	78.6	15.5	
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