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 social class of the main breadwinner. 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	
    I: Executives of Public Administrations and of companies with 10 or more employees, and professions associated with university degrees	543.5	337.0	206.5	0.0	1,158.1	652.3	501.0	4.8	186.4	150.6	35.8	0.0	324.0	228.9	95.2	0.0	66.4	45.9	20.6	0.0	205.7	198.7	4.6	2.4	285.4	257.7	25.1	2.6	199.5	194.3	5.2	0.0	95.1	91.7	3.4	0.0	134.0	130.6	2.3	1.1	450.2	447.1	3.1	0.0	282.7	254.9	27.9	0.0	143.2	140.2	3.0	0.0	103.5	96.9	6.6	0.0	.	.	.	.	246.5	240.1	5.2	1.1	89.3	88.3	1.0	0.0	694.2	634.4	57.3	2.5	
    II: Executives of companies with fewer than 10 employees, and professions associated  with intermediate degrees. Advanced technicians. Artists and Sportspersons	592.7	405.5	187.2	0.0	1,164.5	780.0	384.4	0.0	188.7	144.6	44.1	0.0	249.4	185.4	64.1	0.0	108.3	69.8	38.5	0.0	172.9	165.2	6.8	0.9	323.3	311.3	10.6	1.5	146.9	143.3	3.6	0.0	140.6	140.6	0.0	0.0	124.9	124.9	0.0	0.0	405.9	405.4	0.5	0.0	285.1	243.8	41.3	0.0	144.5	144.3	0.2	0.0	113.7	106.1	7.6	0.0	.	.	.	.	234.2	233.7	0.5	0.0	132.1	130.3	1.7	0.0	719.3	659.0	57.0	3.3	
    III: Administrative type employees and Administrative and financial support professionals. Personal services and Security workers. Freelance workers. Supervisors of manual workers	1,166.0	810.6	355.4	0.0	2,958.3	2,001.0	950.6	6.7	336.2	271.0	65.2	0.0	580.2	441.1	139.2	0.0	253.6	173.5	80.2	0.0	464.1	435.0	29.1	0.0	877.3	827.2	44.6	5.6	438.6	420.7	17.8	0.0	495.9	492.9	2.9	0.0	564.7	563.8	1.0	0.0	1,501.4	1,491.8	7.6	1.9	745.2	695.8	49.4	0.0	472.5	470.2	2.3	0.0	235.4	226.3	9.1	0.0	59.2	58.3	0.9	0.0	762.0	756.3	4.1	1.7	406.8	405.8	1.0	0.0	1,747.8	1,651.6	96.0	0.2	
    IVa: Skilled manual workers	1,541.4	1,094.1	444.0	3.2	3,564.8	2,693.7	859.5	11.6	464.5	386.8	72.6	5.1	596.6	479.9	115.1	1.6	303.1	223.7	74.8	4.6	529.6	492.3	30.1	7.2	1,160.0	1,138.3	21.8	0.0	436.2	420.4	14.2	1.6	623.2	618.3	4.9	0.0	629.0	623.1	5.9	0.0	1,678.5	1,662.1	16.5	0.0	954.3	908.7	45.6	0.0	596.3	591.6	4.7	0.0	263.7	243.4	20.3	0.0	68.2	67.1	1.1	0.0	925.8	913.7	11.6	0.5	560.9	556.5	4.4	0.0	1,931.9	1,799.4	126.3	6.1	
    IVb: Semi-skilled manual workers	670.9	484.8	186.1	0.0	1,824.2	1,366.3	450.1	7.8	203.5	174.4	29.1	0.0	355.3	259.0	96.3	0.0	148.9	117.1	31.8	0.0	249.6	229.5	20.1	0.0	556.2	533.3	20.0	2.9	233.0	225.1	7.9	0.0	260.1	259.7	0.5	0.0	278.3	276.2	0.2	1.8	758.1	749.9	6.3	1.8	469.2	423.5	44.8	0.9	331.0	326.8	4.2	0.0	154.2	149.0	5.2	0.0	.	.	.	.	363.0	359.8	3.2	0.0	224.7	223.6	1.1	0.0	1,013.9	961.0	52.9	0.0	
    V: Unskilled workers	726.9	547.3	179.6	0.0	1,893.1	1,474.5	416.9	1.7	233.1	195.8	37.2	0.0	285.1	221.6	63.5	0.0	165.2	143.1	22.1	0.0	251.2	241.3	10.0	0.0	575.6	554.9	20.7	0.0	213.6	210.9	2.7	0.0	362.3	360.4	1.9	0.0	356.3	355.3	1.0	0.0	997.5	989.8	7.7	0.0	501.1	473.2	27.9	0.0	342.8	332.2	10.6	0.0	127.7	119.5	2.2	6.0	.	.	.	.	444.6	430.8	12.3	1.5	305.5	296.4	9.1	0.0	1,108.7	1,045.7	63.0	0.0	
    No data recorded	97.9	65.2	32.7	0.0	348.8	263.7	85.1	0.0	42.0	32.2	9.8	0.0	57.2	47.7	9.5	0.0	33.3	28.4	4.9	0.0	31.9	28.3	3.6	0.0	130.8	127.7	3.2	0.0	28.2	27.2	1.0	0.0	66.2	62.0	2.1	2.1	76.5	76.5	0.0	0.0	215.5	211.8	3.7	0.0	81.6	76.4	5.3	0.0	59.7	59.7	0.0	0.0	22.9	19.8	3.1	0.0	12.1	10.0	2.1	0.0	89.7	88.8	0.9	0.0	74.8	73.8	1.0	0.0	160.4	152.8	7.6	0.0	
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	
    I: Executives of Public Administrations and of companies with 10 or more employees, and professions associated with university degrees	303.7	176.0	127.7	0.0	477.5	257.7	216.4	3.4	104.0	83.1	20.9	0.0	92.1	46.6	45.5	0.0	.	.	.	.	109.4	103.9	3.1	2.4	116.3	105.9	10.4	0.0	116.6	116.6	0.0	0.0	.	.	.	.	75.6	73.3	2.3	0.0	248.2	245.4	2.8	0.0	156.5	137.3	19.2	0.0	.	.	.	.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	122.7	122.7	0.0	0.0	65.8	64.9	1.0	0.0	299.9	268.8	31.1	0.0	
    II: Executives of companies with fewer than 10 employees, and professions associated  with intermediate degrees. Advanced technicians. Artists and Sportspersons	328.6	227.9	100.8	0.0	428.3	268.8	159.5	0.0	96.2	78.6	17.6	0.0	93.2	60.3	32.9	0.0	.	.	.	.	69.1	68.2	0.0	0.9	118.7	115.3	3.4	0.0	69.9	68.7	1.3	0.0	.	.	.	.	76.8	76.8	0.0	0.0	208.2	208.2	0.0	0.0	160.6	126.3	34.3	0.0	.	.	.	.	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	128.3	127.8	0.5	0.0	91.6	89.9	1.7	0.0	317.9	293.6	24.3	0.0	
    III: Administrative type employees and Administrative and financial support professionals. Personal services and Security workers. Freelance workers. Supervisors of manual workers	600.8	410.6	190.3	0.0	1,062.8	635.2	420.9	6.7	164.6	140.9	23.7	0.0	180.1	102.2	77.9	0.0	68.4	50.3	18.1	0.0	241.1	222.5	18.6	0.0	286.4	255.4	25.4	5.6	185.5	173.2	12.4	0.0	155.7	155.7	0.0	0.0	295.9	295.9	0.0	0.0	681.4	675.3	4.3	1.9	342.4	309.3	33.1	0.0	153.5	153.5	0.0	0.0	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	378.2	374.6	1.9	1.7	217.4	217.4	0.0	0.0	723.1	686.2	36.8	0.0	
    IVa: Skilled manual workers	798.0	545.8	250.7	1.5	1,344.1	977.3	365.9	0.8	210.5	178.5	31.2	0.8	147.1	81.7	65.4	0.0	81.2	65.2	16.0	0.0	259.1	237.9	21.1	0.0	370.9	362.9	8.0	0.0	192.8	186.0	6.8	0.0	146.7	143.7	2.9	0.0	356.5	354.0	2.4	0.0	728.2	722.3	5.9	0.0	402.3	372.0	30.4	0.0	162.6	160.2	2.4	0.0	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	446.1	439.4	6.7	0.0	296.9	294.5	2.4	0.0	874.5	796.9	72.0	5.7	
    IVb: Semi-skilled manual workers	325.7	225.6	100.1	0.0	610.9	443.2	167.8	0.0	101.7	81.1	20.6	0.0	94.8	55.3	39.4	0.0	.	.	.	.	101.6	90.6	11.0	0.0	142.6	138.3	4.2	0.0	92.5	86.7	5.8	0.0	63.2	63.2	0.0	0.0	124.5	124.5	0.0	0.0	294.4	293.0	1.4	0.0	172.7	152.4	20.3	0.0	78.2	75.0	3.2	0.0	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	125.6	123.7	1.9	0.0	91.9	91.9	0.0	0.0	410.4	389.5	20.9	0.0	
    V: Unskilled workers	369.5	262.5	107.0	0.0	636.3	485.5	150.8	0.0	99.2	78.6	20.6	0.0	75.0	37.5	37.5	0.0	.	.	.	.	96.0	91.8	4.3	0.0	155.2	148.4	6.8	0.0	84.1	82.8	1.3	0.0	73.7	73.4	0.3	0.0	151.1	151.1	0.0	0.0	347.6	341.2	6.4	0.0	179.4	158.5	21.0	0.0	72.0	71.6	0.4	0.0	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	179.9	170.6	7.9	1.5	108.8	105.1	3.7	0.0	458.9	439.3	19.7	0.0	
    No data recorded	43.9	32.2	11.7	0.0	109.3	71.7	37.6	0.0	22.1	19.4	2.7	0.0	13.8	12.6	1.3	0.0	13.6	13.6	0.0	0.0	12.8	11.8	1.0	0.0	24.1	21.2	2.9	0.0	5.1	4.1	1.0	0.0	5.9	5.9	0.0	0.0	29.3	29.3	0.0	0.0	69.4	67.5	1.9	0.0	23.8	22.7	1.1	0.0	13.3	13.3	0.0	0.0	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	12.8	12.8	0.0	0.0	33.8	33.8	0.0	0.0	47.4	45.6	1.8	0.0	
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	
    I: Executives of Public Administrations and of companies with 10 or more employees, and professions associated with university degrees	239.9	161.1	78.8	0.0	680.6	394.6	284.6	1.4	82.4	67.5	14.9	0.0	232.0	182.3	49.7	0.0	59.4	38.9	20.6	0.0	96.3	94.8	1.5	0.0	169.1	151.8	14.7	2.6	82.9	77.7	5.2	0.0	73.7	71.9	1.8	0.0	.	.	.	.	202.0	201.7	0.3	0.0	126.2	117.5	8.7	0.0	91.9	90.3	1.5	0.0	103.5	96.9	6.6	0.0	.	.	.	.	123.7	117.4	5.2	1.1	.	.	.	.	394.3	365.6	26.2	2.5	
    II: Executives of companies with fewer than 10 employees, and professions associated  with intermediate degrees. Advanced technicians. Artists and Sportspersons	264.1	177.7	86.4	0.0	736.1	511.2	225.0	0.0	92.5	66.0	26.5	0.0	156.2	125.1	31.1	0.0	89.4	56.2	33.2	0.0	103.8	97.0	6.8	0.0	204.6	196.0	7.1	1.5	76.9	74.6	2.3	0.0	96.0	96.0	0.0	0.0	48.1	48.1	0.0	0.0	197.6	197.2	0.5	0.0	124.5	117.5	7.0	0.0	101.4	101.4	0.0	0.0	113.7	106.1	7.6	0.0	.	.	.	.	105.9	105.9	0.0	0.0	.	.	.	.	401.4	365.3	32.7	3.3	
    III: Administrative type employees and Administrative and financial support professionals. Personal services and Security workers. Freelance workers. Supervisors of manual workers	565.2	400.1	165.1	0.0	1,895.5	1,365.8	529.7	0.0	171.6	130.0	41.6	0.0	400.1	338.8	61.3	0.0	185.2	123.2	62.0	0.0	223.1	212.5	10.5	0.0	590.9	571.8	19.2	0.0	253.0	247.5	5.5	0.0	340.1	337.2	2.9	0.0	268.8	267.9	1.0	0.0	819.9	816.6	3.4	0.0	402.8	386.5	16.3	0.0	319.0	316.7	2.3	0.0	235.4	226.3	9.1	0.0	59.2	58.3	0.9	0.0	383.8	381.6	2.2	0.0	189.4	188.4	1.0	0.0	1,024.7	965.4	59.1	0.2	
    IVa: Skilled manual workers	743.4	548.3	193.3	1.7	2,220.8	1,716.4	493.5	10.8	253.9	208.3	41.3	4.3	449.4	398.2	49.6	1.6	221.9	158.5	58.8	4.6	270.5	254.3	8.9	7.2	789.1	775.4	13.8	0.0	243.4	234.4	7.4	1.6	476.5	474.6	1.9	0.0	272.6	269.1	3.5	0.0	950.3	939.8	10.5	0.0	551.9	536.7	15.2	0.0	433.7	431.5	2.3	0.0	263.7	243.4	20.3	0.0	68.2	67.1	1.1	0.0	479.6	474.3	4.9	0.5	264.0	262.0	2.0	0.0	1,057.3	1,002.6	54.3	0.4	
    IVb: Semi-skilled manual workers	345.1	259.1	86.0	0.0	1,213.2	923.1	282.3	7.8	101.8	93.3	8.4	0.0	260.5	203.7	56.8	0.0	112.5	81.8	30.6	0.0	148.0	138.9	9.1	0.0	413.7	395.0	15.7	2.9	140.5	138.4	2.1	0.0	196.9	196.4	0.5	0.0	153.8	151.7	0.2	1.8	463.6	456.9	4.9	1.8	296.5	271.1	24.5	0.9	252.8	251.8	1.0	0.0	154.2	149.0	5.2	0.0	.	.	.	.	237.4	236.1	1.3	0.0	132.8	131.7	1.1	0.0	603.5	571.5	32.0	0.0	
    V: Unskilled workers	357.4	284.7	72.7	0.0	1,256.8	989.0	266.1	1.7	133.9	117.3	16.6	0.0	210.1	184.2	26.0	0.0	119.9	100.4	19.5	0.0	155.2	149.5	5.7	0.0	420.4	406.5	13.9	0.0	129.5	128.1	1.4	0.0	288.7	287.0	1.7	0.0	205.2	204.2	1.0	0.0	649.9	648.6	1.3	0.0	321.7	314.8	6.9	0.0	270.8	260.6	10.2	0.0	127.7	119.5	2.2	6.0	.	.	.	.	264.7	260.2	4.5	0.0	196.7	191.2	5.4	0.0	649.8	606.5	43.3	0.0	
    No data recorded	54.0	33.0	21.0	0.0	239.5	192.0	47.5	0.0	19.9	12.8	7.1	0.0	43.4	35.1	8.3	0.0	19.7	14.8	4.9	0.0	19.1	16.5	2.6	0.0	106.7	106.5	0.2	0.0	23.2	23.2	0.0	0.0	60.3	56.1	2.1	2.1	47.2	47.2	0.0	0.0	146.1	144.3	1.8	0.0	57.8	53.7	4.2	0.0	46.4	46.4	0.0	0.0	22.9	19.8	3.1	0.0	12.1	10.0	2.1	0.0	76.9	76.0	0.9	0.0	41.0	40.1	1.0	0.0	113.0	107.2	5.8	0.0	
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