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 employment situation. Population aged 16 years old and over 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 4,079.2 2,656.7 1,421.9 0.7 12,158.3 8,675.6 3,452.7 30.0 849.2 643.9 205.3 0.0 2,222.2 1,686.7 533.9 1.6 1,042.6 767.5 270.5 4.6 1,558.5 1,455.1 97.8 5.6 3,865.0 3,708.0 144.5 12.5 1,408.3 1,361.9 44.8 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 1,784.0 1,764.8 19.2 0.0 6,759.0 6,328.3 418.9 11.8 Employed 2,051.8 1,121.6 930.2 0.0 5,442.6 3,292.2 2,130.8 19.5 405.6 292.9 112.7 0.0 918.2 550.5 366.1 1.6 247.7 164.5 83.2 0.0 712.8 649.2 63.6 0.0 1,058.3 968.4 78.6 11.4 708.6 675.4 31.7 1.6 298.3 292.4 5.9 0.0 308.3 305.7 2.6 0.0 1,220.0 1,210.4 9.6 0.0 1,073.8 906.3 167.5 0.0 589.1 579.1 10.0 0.0 639.7 596.7 36.9 6.0 128.6 126.3 2.2 0.0 772.9 762.4 7.3 3.2 356.8 352.6 4.1 0.0 2,166.7 1,939.4 223.0 4.3 Unemployed 301.7 185.5 116.2 0.0 845.2 582.9 262.4 0.0 . . . . 161.8 128.8 33.0 0.0 . . . . 91.9 82.8 9.1 0.0 215.7 210.0 5.8 0.0 109.4 108.0 1.4 0.0 60.7 60.6 0.1 0.0 . . . . 148.5 148.5 0.0 0.0 189.7 166.2 23.5 0.0 174.4 170.4 4.0 0.0 117.5 110.9 6.7 0.0 . . . . 81.6 80.8 0.8 0.0 63.9 63.9 0.0 0.0 312.0 271.8 40.2 0.0 Student 290.3 148.3 142.0 0.0 553.0 266.0 287.0 0.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 102.5 93.6 3.3 5.6 . . . . 120.2 115.8 4.4 0.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.3 99.0 2.3 0.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 176.3 165.2 9.3 1.9 Retired person, pensioner 905.9 823.7 81.5 0.7 2,963.9 2,686.5 266.9 10.4 172.5 153.1 19.4 0.0 614.5 557.3 57.2 0.0 464.4 393.2 66.6 4.6 411.8 394.4 17.4 0.0 1,651.9 1,615.9 34.9 1.1 249.2 247.8 1.4 0.0 1,089.1 1,083.4 5.7 0.0 1,474.1 1,464.3 6.8 3.0 3,325.7 3,298.5 23.4 3.8 1,413.3 1,387.1 25.3 0.9 810.4 800.9 9.5 0.0 . . . . . . . . 1,534.3 1,509.1 23.5 1.6 1,047.6 1,035.5 12.1 0.0 2,812.3 2,719.4 90.5 2.4 Mainly dedicated to household chores 486.8 349.8 137.0 0.0 2,147.8 1,685.1 462.7 0.0 121.7 102.1 19.6 0.0 402.7 368.0 34.7 0.0 227.9 151.5 76.4 0.0 207.4 205.2 2.2 0.0 809.2 790.0 19.2 0.0 204.3 199.3 5.0 0.0 561.6 558.6 3.0 0.0 298.9 297.9 1.0 0.0 1,227.3 1,217.0 10.4 0.0 559.1 544.4 14.8 0.0 447.1 445.4 1.7 0.0 153.0 144.8 8.2 0.0 88.4 88.0 0.4 0.0 629.0 624.8 4.2 0.0 295.6 293.6 2.0 0.0 1,145.8 1,093.7 48.8 3.3 Other situations . . . . 157.3 136.6 20.7 0.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80.4 80.4 0.0 0.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125.0 119.3 5.7 0.0 No data recorded 22.0 9.0 13.0 0.0 48.6 26.3 22.3 0.0 2.6 2.6 0.0 0.0 4.2 2.4 1.8 0.0 1.9 1.9 0.0 0.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 10.0 7.1 2.9 0.0 3.9 2.9 1.0 0.0 5.0 2.9 0.0 2.1 6.1 6.1 0.0 0.0 28.5 26.5 1.9 0.0 7.4 7.4 0.0 0.0 3.8 3.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.6 10.6 0.0 0.0 7.1 6.2 1.0 0.0 20.9 19.5 1.4 0.0 MALES Total 2,123.3 1,320.8 801.8 0.7 4,332.1 2,883.7 1,439.3 9.1 398.7 299.7 99.0 0.0 568.1 301.4 266.7 0.0 256.4 213.2 43.1 0.0 719.3 662.1 57.2 0.0 1,184.5 1,119.1 59.8 5.6 570.2 546.8 23.4 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 3.2 900.0 891.2 8.8 0.0 2,809.6 2,619.2 184.9 5.4 Employed 1,252.2 635.7 616.5 0.0 2,521.8 1,424.6 1,088.1 9.1 211.4 157.8 53.6 0.0 275.2 80.9 194.3 0.0 . . . . 391.4 350.0 41.5 0.0 396.0 357.3 33.2 5.6 336.8 318.9 17.9 0.0 98.6 95.9 2.7 0.0 228.0 225.6 2.4 0.0 811.0 804.7 6.3 0.0 626.2 494.9 131.2 0.0 191.0 187.4 3.7 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 534.2 523.9 7.1 3.2 281.3 277.2 4.1 0.0 974.6 854.3 117.0 3.2 Unemployed 130.8 80.5 50.3 0.0 292.6 210.7 81.9 0.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69.7 69.7 0.0 0.0 80.6 71.0 9.6 0.0 . . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . 106.1 88.7 17.4 0.0 Student 126.8 47.3 79.6 0.0 193.5 75.9 117.6 0.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . Retired person, pensioner 589.9 543.3 46.0 0.7 1,219.1 1,096.5 122.6 0.0 104.1 93.6 10.5 0.0 205.9 182.1 23.8 0.0 189.0 157.4 31.6 0.0 221.9 214.4 7.5 0.0 665.1 644.5 20.6 0.0 125.2 125.2 0.0 0.0 393.4 391.3 2.1 0.0 841.9 839.6 2.3 0.0 1,664.7 1,648.2 14.5 1.9 702.7 690.9 11.8 0.0 299.6 295.6 4.0 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 809.8 799.9 9.9 0.0 570.6 566.0 4.6 0.0 1,584.7 1,535.3 47.2 2.2 Mainly dedicated to household chores . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . Other situations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. . . . . . . . . . . . . No data recorded 14.2 5.7 8.5 0.0 25.0 10.8 14.3 0.0 2.6 2.6 0.0 0.0 2.4 2.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 6.1 3.2 2.9 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 5.1 5.1 0.0 0.0 13.3 11.4 1.9 0.0 3.6 3.6 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 6.2 6.2 0.0 0.0 16.0 16.0 0.0 0.0 FEMALES Total 1,955.9 1,335.8 620.1 0.0 7,826.1 5,791.9 2,013.4 20.8 450.4 344.2 106.3 0.0 1,654.1 1,385.3 267.2 1.6 786.2 554.2 227.3 4.6 839.2 792.9 40.7 5.6 2,680.5 2,588.9 84.7 6.9 838.1 815.2 21.3 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 1.6 884.1 873.6 10.4 0.0 3,949.4 3,709.0 233.9 6.5 Employed 799.6 485.9 313.8 0.0 2,920.8 1,867.7 1,042.7 10.4 194.2 135.1 59.1 0.0 643.0 469.6 171.8 1.6 195.2 119.7 75.5 0.0 321.4 299.2 22.2 0.0 662.3 611.1 45.4 5.8 371.9 356.4 13.8 1.6 199.8 196.5 3.3 0.0 80.3 80.1 0.1 0.0 409.0 405.7 3.4 0.0 447.6 411.3 36.3 0.0 398.1 391.7 6.3 0.0 639.7 596.7 36.9 6.0 128.6 126.3 2.2 0.0 238.7 238.4 0.2 0.0 75.5 75.5 0.0 0.0 1,192.1 1,085.1 106.0 1.1 Unemployed 170.8 104.9 65.9 0.0 552.6 372.2 180.4 0.0 . . . . 126.4 116.6 9.8 0.0 . . . . 61.0 57.4 3.7 0.0 135.7 129.9 5.8 0.0 74.7 74.4 0.3 0.0 . . . . . . . . 78.8 78.8 0.0 0.0 109.1 95.2 13.9 0.0 107.0 103.0 4.0 0.0 117.5 110.9 6.7 0.0 . . . . 45.4 44.6 0.8 0.0 . . . . 205.9 183.1 22.8 0.0 Student 163.5 101.0 62.5 0.0 359.5 190.1 169.4 0.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101.3 99.0 2.3 0.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . 110.8 102.1 6.9 1.9 Retired person, pensioner 316.0 280.5 35.5 0.0 1,744.7 1,590.0 144.3 10.4 68.4 59.5 8.9 0.0 408.6 375.2 33.4 0.0 275.4 235.8 35.0 4.6 189.8 180.0 9.9 0.0 986.8 971.3 14.3 1.1 124.0 122.6 1.4 0.0 695.7 692.2 3.5 0.0 632.2 624.8 4.5 3.0 1,661.0 1,650.3 8.9 1.8 710.6 696.2 13.6 0.9 510.7 505.3 5.4 0.0 . . . . . . . . 724.4 709.2 13.6 1.6 477.0 469.5 7.5 0.0 1,227.6 1,184.1 43.3 0.2 Mainly dedicated to household chores 486.8 349.8 137.0 0.0 2,147.2 1,684.5 462.7 0.0 121.7 102.1 19.6 0.0 402.7 368.0 34.7 0.0 227.9 151.5 76.4 0.0 206.9 204.7 2.2 0.0 807.7 788.5 19.2 0.0 203.2 198.2 5.0 0.0 561.6 558.6 3.0 0.0 298.9 297.9 1.0 0.0 1,227.3 1,217.0 10.4 0.0 559.1 544.4 14.8 0.0 446.5 444.8 1.7 0.0 153.0 144.8 8.2 0.0 88.4 88.0 0.4 0.0 629.0 624.8 4.2 0.0 295.4 293.4 2.0 0.0 1,144.1 1,091.9 48.8 3.3 Other situations . . . . 77.7 71.9 5.9 0.0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64.0 59.2 4.8 0.0 No data recorded 7.8 3.3 4.5 0.0 23.6 15.6 8.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 1.8 0.0 1.8 0.0 1.9 1.9 0.0 0.0 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 3.9 3.9 0.0 0.0 2.9 2.9 0.0 0.0 5.0 2.9 0.0 2.1 1.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 15.1 15.1 0.0 0.0 3.8 3.8 0.0 0.0 3.8 3.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 10.6 10.6 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 4.9 3.5 1.4 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