Use of health services and consumption of medicines. Absolute figures Type of medicine taken in the last 2 weeks, depending on whether or not it has been prescribed, by sex and age group. Population that has taken each type of medicine 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 On prescription Unprescribed No data recorded Total On prescription Unprescribed No data recorded Total On prescription Unprescribed No data recorded Total On prescription Unprescribed No data recorded Total On prescription Unprescribed No data recorded Total On prescription Unprescribed No data recorded Total On prescription Unprescribed No data recorded Total On prescription Unprescribed No data recorded Total On prescription Unprescribed No data recorded Total On prescription Unprescribed No data recorded Total On prescription Unprescribed No data recorded Total On prescription Unprescribed No data recorded Total On prescription Unprescribed No data recorded Total On prescription Unprescribed No data recorded Total On prescription Unprescribed No data recorded Total On prescription Unprescribed No data recorded Total On prescription Unprescribed No data recorded Total On prescription Unprescribed No data recorded BOTH SEXES Total 5,339.3 3,744.6 1,591.4 3.2 12,911.8 9,231.5 3,647.6 32.7 1,654.4 1,355.4 293.9 5.1 2,447.8 1,863.5 582.8 1.6 1,078.8 801.4 272.9 4.6 1,905.0 1,790.2 104.2 10.6 3,908.7 3,750.4 145.8 12.5 1,695.9 1,641.9 52.4 1.6 2,043.5 2,025.7 15.7 2.1 2,163.8 2,150.5 10.4 3.0 6,007.0 5,957.9 45.3 3.8 3,319.2 3,076.2 242.0 0.9 2,090.1 2,065.0 25.1 0.0 1,021.1 961.0 54.1 6.0 274.3 268.2 6.1 0.0 3,065.8 3,023.2 37.8 4.8 1,794.0 1,774.8 19.2 0.0 7,376.2 6,904.0 460.1 12.2 0 to 15 years of age 1,260.1 1,087.9 169.6 2.6 753.5 555.9 194.9 2.7 805.2 711.5 88.6 5.1 225.6 176.7 48.8 0.0 . . . . 346.5 335.2 6.4 5.0 43.7 42.4 1.3 0.0 287.6 280.0 7.6 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . . 617.2 575.7 41.2 0.3 16 to 24 years of age 582.2 318.0 264.2 0.0 1,129.3 565.5 559.8 4.0 136.0 91.6 44.3 0.0 213.4 118.6 94.9 0.0 . . . . 210.2 192.7 17.5 0.0 . . . . 179.6 172.8 6.8 0.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 100.3 93.4 6.9 0.0 . . . . 264.5 250.9 13.7 0.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 363.5 328.1 33.6 1.9 25 to 44 years of age 1,608.4 856.1 752.4 0.0 4,330.4 2,499.8 1,819.8 10.9 354.6 258.6 96.0 0.0 777.2 521.4 254.2 1.6 186.1 107.5 78.6 0.0 544.2 495.8 42.8 5.6 848.7 779.7 60.6 8.4 633.0 604.4 27.0 1.6 128.1 124.8 3.3 0.0 78.4 76.0 2.4 0.0 333.3 328.6 4.7 0.0 737.9 595.5 142.5 0.0 491.5 477.8 13.7 0.0 713.8 667.7 40.1 6.0 . . . . 204.0 199.7 3.4 0.9 113.5 108.4 5.1 0.0 1,498.1 1,329.5 165.2 3.3 45 to 64 years of age 1,056.7 733.2 322.8 0.7 3,767.3 2,950.8 809.7 6.7 218.0 172.4 45.6 0.0 604.3 472.0 132.2 0.0 323.3 217.6 105.7 0.0 442.6 421.9 20.7 0.0 1,363.1 1,308.9 51.3 2.9 344.6 335.8 8.8 0.0 716.8 711.7 5.1 0.0 576.4 576.3 0.1 0.0 2,121.0 2,107.5 13.5 0.0 1,093.5 1,026.6 66.9 0.0 884.6 883.4 1.3 0.0 . . . . 224.0 220.3 3.7 0.0 1,272.2 1,252.7 17.2 2.3 624.7 621.2 3.5 0.0 2,244.3 2,095.4 144.6 4.3 65 years old and over 831.9 749.4 82.5 0.0 2,931.2 2,659.5 263.4 8.3 140.6 121.3 19.3 0.0 627.3 574.7 52.6 0.0 489.2 414.1 70.4 4.6 361.5 344.7 16.8 0.0 1,591.8 1,562.2 28.5 1.1 251.1 248.9 2.1 0.0 1,193.8 1,184.5 7.2 2.1 1,505.5 1,494.7 7.8 3.0 3,540.9 3,510.0 27.1 3.8 1,387.4 1,360.7 25.8 0.9 688.9 678.7 10.1 0.0 . . . . . . . . 1,575.3 1,556.5 17.2 1.6 1,033.4 1,022.8 10.6 0.0 2,653.1 2,575.3 75.4 2.4 MALES Total 2,770.3 1,880.6 888.2 1.5 4,669.2 3,139.4 1,518.9 10.9 798.3 660.2 137.3 0.8 696.1 396.1 300.0 0.0 270.9 227.6 43.3 0.0 889.0 826.6 59.1 3.3 1,214.2 1,147.5 61.1 5.6 746.6 718.1 28.5 0.0 511.2 506.4 4.8 0.0 1,109.7 1,105.0 4.7 0.0 2,577.5 2,552.9 22.7 1.9 1,437.8 1,278.5 159.3 0.0 574.1 566.4 7.7 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,393.7 1,371.6 18.9 3.2 906.2 897.4 8.8 0.0 3,132.2 2,919.9 206.6 5.7 0 to 15 years of age 647.0 559.8 86.4 0.8 337.1 255.7 79.6 1.8 399.6 360.5 38.3 0.8 127.9 94.7 33.3 0.0 . . . . 169.7 164.5 1.9 3.3 . . . . 176.4 171.3 5.1 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . . 322.6 300.7 21.7 0.3 16 to 24 years of age 301.9 137.9 164.0 0.0 429.3 185.2 240.1 4.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95.0 89.1 5.9 0.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . 135.8 121.1 14.7 0.0 25 to 44 years of age 859.9 427.8 432.1 0.0 1,783.0 991.7 786.2 5.1 172.6 133.4 39.2 0.0 200.8 66.2 134.6 0.0 . . . . 255.2 229.3 25.8 0.0 320.9 290.3 25.1 5.6 257.0 241.6 15.4 0.0 . . . . . . . . 184.6 182.2 2.4 0.0 396.2 292.0 104.2 0.0 182.3 179.9 2.4 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 145.4 142.2 2.4 0.9 . . . . 541.1 471.0 70.0 0.0 45 to 64 years of age 535.6 361.4 173.5 0.7 1,286.0 964.7 321.3 0.0 . . . . 122.7 77.2 45.6 0.0 . . . . 191.5 176.8 14.7 0.0 413.4 394.2 19.2 0.0 128.4 126.3 2.2 0.0 169.3 168.5 0.7 0.0 361.6 361.6 0.0 0.0 1,080.1 1,072.7 7.4 0.0 502.5 458.5 44.0 0.0 248.4 247.8 0.6 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 661.2 648.8 10.1 2.3 382.8 379.3 3.5 0.0 942.8 869.0 70.5 3.2 65 years old and over 426.0 393.7 32.2 0.0 833.8 742.1 91.7 0.0 . . . . 162.2 140.5 21.7 0.0 155.9 129.1 26.8 0.0 156.4 148.9 7.5 0.0 434.1 422.6 11.5 0.0 89.8 89.8 0.0 0.0 300.9 299.5 1.4 0.0 707.7 705.4 2.3 0.0 1,308.3 1,293.5 12.9 1.9 518.3 509.9 8.4 0.0 140.3 135.6 4.7 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 587.1 580.7 6.4 0.0 447.3 446.2 1.1 0.0 1,189.9 1,158.1 29.7 2.2 FEMALES Total 2,569.0 1,864.0 703.3 1.7 8,242.5 6,092.1 2,128.7 21.7 856.1 695.2 156.6 4.3 1,751.7 1,467.4 282.8 1.6 808.0 573.7 229.6 4.6 1,016.0 963.6 45.2 7.2 2,694.5 2,602.9 84.7 6.9 949.4 923.8 23.9 1.6 1,532.3 1,519.3 10.9 2.1 1,054.1 1,045.5 5.6 3.0 3,429.5 3,405.0 22.6 1.8 1,881.4 1,797.7 82.7 0.9 1,516.0 1,498.6 17.4 0.0 1,021.1 961.0 54.1 6.0 274.3 268.2 6.1 0.0 1,672.1 1,651.6 18.9 1.6 887.8 877.4 10.4 0.0 4,244.0 3,984.1 253.5 6.5 0 to 15 years of age 613.1 528.1 83.2 1.7 416.4 300.2 115.3 0.9 405.6 351.0 50.3 4.3 97.6 82.1 15.6 0.0 . . . . 176.8 170.7 4.5 1.7 . . . . 111.2 108.7 2.6 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . . 294.6 275.1 19.5 0.0 16 to 24 years of age 280.3 180.1 100.2 0.0 700.1 380.3 319.7 0.0 . . . . 131.0 101.0 30.1 0.0 . . . . 94.0 85.5 8.4 0.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264.5 250.9 13.7 0.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 227.7 207.0 18.9 1.9 25 to 44 years of age 748.6 428.3 320.3 0.0 2,547.4 1,508.1 1,033.5 5.8 182.1 125.2 56.8 0.0 576.4 455.2 119.6 1.6 134.9 70.1 64.8 0.0 289.0 266.4 17.0 5.6 527.8 489.4 35.6 2.9 376.1 362.9 11.6 1.6 88.9 88.3 0.7 0.0 . . . . 148.7 146.4 2.3 0.0 341.8 303.5 38.3 0.0 309.2 297.9 11.3 0.0 713.8 667.7 40.1 6.0 . . . . 58.5 57.6 1.0 0.0 46.4 45.4 1.0 0.0 957.0 858.5 95.2 3.3 45 to 64 years of age 521.1 371.8 149.3 0.0 2,481.3 1,986.1 488.4 6.7 129.0 103.2 25.7 0.0 481.5 394.9 86.7 0.0 278.2 175.0 103.2 0.0 251.1 245.2 6.0 0.0 949.7 914.7 32.1 2.9 216.2 209.5 6.7 0.0 547.6 543.2 4.4 0.0 214.8 214.7 0.1 0.0 1,040.9 1,034.8 6.1 0.0 591.0 568.1 22.9 0.0 636.2 635.6 0.6 0.0 . . . . 224.0 220.3 3.7 0.0 611.0 603.9 7.1 0.0 242.0 242.0 0.0 0.0 1,301.5 1,226.3 74.1 1.1 65 years old and over 405.9 355.6 50.3 0.0 2,097.4 1,917.3 171.7 8.3 76.5 65.9 10.6 0.0 465.1 434.2 30.9 0.0 333.3 285.1 43.6 4.6 205.1 195.8 9.3 0.0 1,157.7 1,139.6 17.0 1.1 161.2 159.1 2.1 0.0 893.0 885.0 5.8 2.1 797.8 789.3 5.5 3.0 2,232.5 2,216.5 14.2 1.8 869.1 850.8 17.4 0.9 548.6 543.1 5.5 0.0 . . . . . . . . 988.2 975.8 10.8 1.6 586.1 576.7 9.4 0.0 1,463.2 1,417.2 45.7 0.2 Notes: .Data protected by statistical secrecy 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