Use of health services and consumption of medicines. Absolute figures
Type of medicine taken in the last 2 weeks, by sex and nationality. Population that has taken medicines in the last 2 weeks
Units: thousands of persons

	Medicines for colds, flu, throat, bronchus				Medicines for pain				Medicines to lower fever				Tonics (vitamins, minerals, stimulants)				Laxatives				Antibiotics				Tranquillizers, sedatives, sleeping pills				Medicines for allergies				Medicines for rheumatism				Medicines for heart problems				Medicines for blood pressure				Medicines for the stomach and/or digestive alterations				Antidepressants, stimulants				Contraceptive pills				Hormones for menopause				Medicines for lowering cholesterol levels				Medicines for diabetes				Other medicines				
	Total	Yes	No	No data recorded	Total	Yes	No	No data recorded	Total	Yes	No	No data recorded	Total	Yes	No	No data recorded	Total	Yes	No	No data recorded	Total	Yes	No	No data recorded	Total	Yes	No	No data recorded	Total	Yes	No	No data recorded	Total	Yes	No	No data recorded	Total	Yes	No	No data recorded	Total	Yes	No	No data recorded	Total	Yes	No	No data recorded	Total	Yes	No	No data recorded	Total	Yes	No	No data recorded	Total	Yes	No	No data recorded	Total	Yes	No	No data recorded	Total	Yes	No	No data recorded	Total	Yes	No	No data recorded	
BOTH SEXES	
    Total	27,385.4	5,339.3	21,986.3	59.8	27,385.4	12,911.8	14,436.9	36.8	27,385.4	1,654.4	25,664.7	66.4	27,385.4	2,447.8	24,872.3	65.2	27,385.4	1,078.8	26,243.3	63.2	27,385.4	1,905.0	25,410.6	69.7	27,385.4	3,908.7	23,415.9	60.8	27,385.4	1,695.9	25,626.2	63.2	24,660.0	2,043.5	22,552.9	63.6	24,660.0	2,163.8	22,435.7	60.5	24,660.0	6,007.0	18,604.0	49.1	24,660.0	3,319.2	21,277.6	63.3	24,660.0	2,090.1	22,505.7	64.3	24,660.0	1,021.1	23,586.0	52.9	24,660.0	274.3	24,336.7	49.1	24,660.0	3,065.8	21,533.6	60.6	27,385.4	1,794.0	25,532.8	58.5	27,385.4	7,376.2	19,945.7	63.5	
    Spanish	24,793.4	4,713.8	20,033.4	46.2	24,793.4	11,673.8	13,093.1	26.5	24,793.4	1,464.8	23,275.8	52.8	24,793.4	2,122.0	22,619.7	51.7	24,793.4	1,014.0	23,726.4	53.0	24,793.4	1,706.0	23,031.2	56.2	24,793.4	3,714.2	21,031.9	47.3	24,793.4	1,533.4	23,208.5	51.5	22,275.0	1,950.3	20,272.8	51.9	22,275.0	2,084.5	20,141.7	48.8	22,275.0	5,796.1	16,435.3	43.6	22,275.0	3,085.7	19,137.8	51.5	22,275.0	2,001.5	20,220.5	52.9	22,275.0	815.8	21,418.0	41.2	22,275.0	252.3	21,987.0	35.6	22,275.0	2,979.7	19,246.4	48.9	24,793.4	1,744.1	22,995.8	53.4	24,793.4	6,896.2	17,844.9	52.3	
    Foreign	2,524.3	608.9	1,904.0	11.4	2,524.3	1,197.8	1,318.4	8.1	2,524.3	186.1	2,326.8	11.4	2,524.3	318.2	2,194.7	11.4	2,524.3	64.8	2,451.4	8.1	2,524.3	197.0	2,315.9	11.4	2,524.3	186.5	2,326.4	11.4	2,524.3	152.7	2,362.0	9.6	2,328.5	85.5	2,233.4	9.6	2,328.5	70.0	2,248.9	9.6	2,328.5	192.2	2,133.0	3.3	2,328.5	228.6	2,090.4	9.6	2,328.5	86.4	2,232.5	9.6	2,328.5	205.3	2,113.6	9.6	2,328.5	21.9	2,297.0	9.6	2,328.5	82.0	2,236.9	9.6	2,524.3	46.8	2,472.5	5.1	2,524.3	460.1	2,056.1	8.1	
    No data recorded	67.7	16.6	49.0	2.1	67.7	40.2	25.4	2.1	67.7	3.5	62.1	2.1	67.7	7.6	57.9	2.1	67.7	0.0	65.6	2.1	67.7	2.0	63.6	2.1	67.7	7.9	57.6	2.1	67.7	9.8	55.8	2.1	56.5	7.7	46.7	2.1	56.5	9.3	45.1	2.1	56.5	18.7	35.7	2.1	56.5	5.0	49.4	2.1	56.5	2.1	52.7	1.7	56.5	0.0	54.4	2.1	56.5	0.0	52.7	3.9	56.5	4.1	50.3	2.1	67.7	3.1	64.6	0.0	67.7	20.0	44.6	3.1	
MALES	
    Total	11,950.4	2,770.3	9,164.1	16.0	11,950.4	4,669.2	7,271.0	10.1	11,950.4	798.3	11,130.9	21.2	11,950.4	696.1	11,234.2	20.1	11,950.4	270.9	11,657.3	22.3	11,950.4	889.0	11,039.7	21.7	11,950.4	1,214.2	10,714.7	21.5	11,950.4	746.6	11,186.6	17.2	10,591.2	511.2	10,061.4	18.6	10,591.2	1,109.7	9,463.7	17.8	10,591.2	2,577.5	7,998.8	14.9	10,591.2	1,437.8	9,132.8	20.6	10,591.2	574.1	9,995.6	21.5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	10,591.2	1,393.7	9,177.0	20.5	11,950.4	906.2	11,024.7	19.5	11,950.4	3,132.2	8,800.1	18.1	
    Spanish	10,903.4	2,428.8	8,458.7	16.0	10,903.4	4,185.0	6,708.3	10.1	10,903.4	698.0	10,184.2	21.2	10,903.4	587.7	10,295.6	20.1	10,903.4	257.8	10,623.4	22.3	10,903.4	795.9	10,085.8	21.7	10,903.4	1,174.9	9,707.1	21.5	10,903.4	700.0	10,186.2	17.2	9,657.8	492.2	9,147.0	18.6	9,657.8	1,065.0	8,575.1	17.8	9,657.8	2,508.0	7,134.9	14.9	9,657.8	1,350.1	8,287.1	20.6	9,657.8	569.4	9,066.9	21.5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	9,657.8	1,356.9	8,280.4	20.5	10,903.4	894.7	9,989.2	19.5	10,903.4	2,978.6	7,906.8	18.1	
    Foreign	1,008.2	327.8	680.3	0.0	1,008.2	462.2	546.0	0.0	1,008.2	96.8	911.4	0.0	1,008.2	101.5	906.7	0.0	1,008.2	13.1	995.0	0.0	1,008.2	92.1	916.1	0.0	1,008.2	33.3	974.8	0.0	1,008.2	39.7	968.4	0.0	901.1	13.0	888.0	0.0	901.1	36.4	864.7	0.0	901.1	63.9	837.1	0.0	901.1	85.4	815.7	0.0	901.1	4.8	896.3	0.0	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	901.1	36.8	864.3	0.0	1,008.2	11.5	996.6	0.0	1,008.2	135.6	872.5	0.0	
    No data recorded	38.8	13.7	25.1	0.0	38.8	22.1	16.7	0.0	38.8	3.5	35.3	0.0	38.8	6.9	31.9	0.0	38.8	0.0	38.8	0.0	38.8	1.0	37.8	0.0	38.8	6.0	32.8	0.0	38.8	6.8	32.0	0.0	32.4	6.0	26.4	0.0	32.4	8.3	24.0	0.0	32.4	5.6	26.8	0.0	32.4	2.3	30.0	0.0	32.4	0.0	32.4	0.0	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	32.4	0.0	32.4	0.0	38.8	0.0	38.8	0.0	38.8	18.0	20.8	0.0	
FEMALES	
    Total	15,435.0	2,569.0	12,822.2	43.8	15,435.0	8,242.5	7,165.9	26.6	15,435.0	856.1	14,533.8	45.2	15,435.0	1,751.7	13,638.1	45.2	15,435.0	808.0	14,586.1	41.0	15,435.0	1,016.0	14,370.9	48.1	15,435.0	2,694.5	12,701.2	39.3	15,435.0	949.4	14,439.6	46.0	14,068.8	1,532.3	12,491.5	45.0	14,068.8	1,054.1	12,972.0	42.7	14,068.8	3,429.5	10,605.2	34.1	14,068.8	1,881.4	12,144.8	42.7	14,068.8	1,516.0	12,510.1	42.7	14,068.8	1,021.1	12,994.7	52.9	14,068.8	274.3	13,745.5	49.1	14,068.8	1,672.1	12,356.5	40.2	15,435.0	887.8	14,508.2	39.0	15,435.0	4,244.0	11,145.6	45.4	
    Spanish	13,889.9	2,285.0	11,574.7	30.3	13,889.9	7,488.8	6,384.8	16.4	13,889.9	766.8	13,091.5	31.6	13,889.9	1,534.3	12,324.1	31.6	13,889.9	756.3	13,103.0	30.7	13,889.9	910.1	12,945.3	34.5	13,889.9	2,539.4	11,324.8	25.8	13,889.9	833.4	13,022.2	34.3	12,617.2	1,458.1	11,125.8	33.3	12,617.2	1,019.5	11,566.6	31.0	12,617.2	3,288.1	9,300.4	28.7	12,617.2	1,735.6	10,850.7	30.9	12,617.2	1,432.2	11,153.6	31.4	12,617.2	815.8	11,760.2	41.2	12,617.2	252.3	12,329.2	35.6	12,617.2	1,622.8	10,965.9	28.4	13,889.9	849.4	13,006.6	33.9	13,889.9	3,917.6	9,938.2	34.2	
    Foreign	1,516.2	281.1	1,223.7	11.4	1,516.2	735.6	772.4	8.1	1,516.2	89.3	1,415.5	11.4	1,516.2	216.7	1,288.0	11.4	1,516.2	51.7	1,456.3	8.1	1,516.2	105.0	1,399.8	11.4	1,516.2	153.2	1,351.6	11.4	1,516.2	113.0	1,393.6	9.6	1,427.5	72.5	1,345.4	9.6	1,427.5	33.6	1,384.3	9.6	1,427.5	128.3	1,295.9	3.3	1,427.5	143.2	1,274.7	9.6	1,427.5	81.7	1,336.2	9.6	1,427.5	205.3	1,212.5	9.6	1,427.5	21.9	1,395.9	9.6	1,427.5	45.2	1,372.7	9.6	1,516.2	35.3	1,475.8	5.1	1,516.2	324.4	1,183.6	8.1	
    No data recorded	28.9	2.9	23.8	2.1	28.9	18.1	8.7	2.1	28.9	0.0	26.8	2.1	28.9	0.8	26.0	2.1	28.9	0.0	26.8	2.1	28.9	1.0	25.8	2.1	28.9	2.0	24.8	2.1	28.9	2.9	23.8	2.1	24.2	1.7	20.3	2.1	24.2	1.0	21.1	2.1	24.2	13.1	8.9	2.1	24.2	2.6	19.4	2.1	24.2	2.1	20.3	1.7	24.2	0.0	22.0	2.1	24.2	0.0	20.3	3.9	24.2	4.1	17.9	2.1	28.9	3.1	25.8	0.0	28.9	2.0	23.8	3.1	
Notes:
1) Medicines for rheumatism, heart problems, blood pressure,  digestive alterations, antidepressants, stimulants, lowering  cholesterol levels and losing weight, only persons aged 16 years old and over are 
 covered. 
 Hormone medicines for menopause and contraceptive pills  only covers females aged 16 years old 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