Preventative practices
Time elapsed since the last blood pressure reading, by sex and age group. Population aged 16 years old and over that has had a blood pressure reading at some point in time
Units: percentages

	Total	Less than 3 months	Between 3 and 5 months	Between 6 months and 1 year	Between 1 and 3 years	More than 3 years	
BOTH SEXES	
    Total	100.00	44.75	13.34	20.98	15.76	5.17	
    16 to 24 years old	100.00	25.42	14.86	22.32	27.43	9.97	
    25 to 34 years old	100.00	33.68	14.62	26.77	18.76	6.17	
    35 to 44 years old	100.00	31.43	13.64	26.73	21.57	6.63	
    45 to 54 years old	100.00	39.82	14.17	24.62	15.47	5.91	
    55 to 64 years old	100.00	55.05	13.36	16.97	11.61	3.00	
    65 to 74 years old	100.00	67.77	11.35	10.91	7.54	2.43	
    75 years old and over	100.00	75.65	9.90	9.05	4.23	1.16	
MALES	
    Total	100.00	42.58	14.20	22.70	16.02	4.50	
    16 to 24 years old	100.00	25.68	15.83	20.19	29.43	8.88	
    25 to 34 years old	100.00	30.00	17.30	29.43	18.26	5.01	
    35 to 44 years old	100.00	31.35	13.78	29.04	20.56	5.28	
    45 to 54 years old	100.00	39.01	15.04	26.35	14.75	4.85	
    55 to 64 years old	100.00	53.72	13.38	18.35	12.04	2.51	
    65 to 74 years old	100.00	65.52	10.81	12.43	8.33	2.91	
    75 years old and over	100.00	75.86	10.19	7.73	4.75	1.47	
FEMALES	
    Total	100.00	46.74	12.54	19.40	15.52	5.79	
    16 to 24 years old	100.00	25.18	13.96	24.29	25.59	10.98	
    25 to 34 years old	100.00	37.34	11.95	24.12	19.25	7.33	
    35 to 44 years old	100.00	31.51	13.50	24.43	22.58	7.98	
    45 to 54 years old	100.00	40.62	13.31	22.94	16.18	6.95	
    55 to 64 years old	100.00	56.31	13.34	15.68	11.21	3.46	
    65 to 74 years old	100.00	69.50	11.76	9.74	6.93	2.07	
    75 years old and over	100.00	75.51	9.70	9.98	3.87	0.94	
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