Use of health services and consumption of medicine. Relative figures
Reason for the medical consultation in the last 4 weeks by sex and social class of the main breadwinner. Population that has visited a doctor in the last 4 weeks
Units: percentages

	Total	Diagnosis of an illness or health problem	Check-up due to illness	Health child care programme (including vaccination)	Administrative consultations (only to obtain medical prescriptions or sick leave documentation)	Other purposes	
BOTH SEXES	
    Total	100.00	43.16	29.08	2.25	18.63	6.89	
    I: Executives of Public Administrations and of companies with 10 or more employees, and professions associated with university degrees	100.00	46.20	32.50	3.59	10.00	7.71	
    II: Executives of companies with fewer than 10 employees, and professions associated  with intermediate degrees. Advanced technicians. Artists and Sportspersons	100.00	44.68	31.32	3.16	13.66	7.18	
    III: Administrative type employees and Administrative and financial support professionals. Personal services and Security workers. Freelance workers. Supervisors of manual workers	100.00	42.18	30.27	1.80	18.51	7.24	
    IVa: Skilled manual workers	100.00	44.11	28.44	2.30	18.37	6.79	
    IVb: Semi-skilled manual workers	100.00	43.53	27.49	1.65	20.59	6.74	
    V: Unskilled workers	100.00	40.55	26.26	2.11	25.46	5.62	
    No data recorded	100.00	36.76	29.18	1.52	23.11	9.43	
MALES	
    Total	100.00	43.59	28.66	2.76	17.63	7.36	
    I: Executives of Public Administrations and of companies with 10 or more employees, and professions associated with university degrees	100.00	46.66	32.04	4.48	9.52	7.30	
    II: Executives of companies with fewer than 10 employees, and professions associated  with intermediate degrees. Advanced technicians. Artists and Sportspersons	100.00	47.01	29.32	4.28	12.78	6.61	
    III: Administrative type employees and Administrative and financial support professionals. Personal services and Security workers. Freelance workers. Supervisors of manual workers	100.00	41.83	30.42	2.06	17.59	8.10	
    IVa: Skilled manual workers	100.00	43.39	28.29	2.84	18.46	7.02	
    IVb: Semi-skilled manual workers	100.00	48.16	26.34	1.39	17.96	6.15	
    V: Unskilled workers	100.00	40.31	24.22	3.01	24.35	8.11	
    No data recorded	100.00	27.95	40.91	0.92	19.79	10.43	
FEMALES	
    Total	100.00	42.83	29.39	1.87	19.36	6.55	
    I: Executives of Public Administrations and of companies with 10 or more employees, and professions associated with university degrees	100.00	45.82	32.88	2.84	10.40	8.06	
    II: Executives of companies with fewer than 10 employees, and professions associated  with intermediate degrees. Advanced technicians. Artists and Sportspersons	100.00	42.99	32.77	2.35	14.29	7.59	
    III: Administrative type employees and Administrative and financial support professionals. Personal services and Security workers. Freelance workers. Supervisors of manual workers	100.00	42.45	30.16	1.61	19.21	6.57	
    IVa: Skilled manual workers	100.00	44.69	28.56	1.86	18.29	6.60	
    IVb: Semi-skilled manual workers	100.00	40.52	28.24	1.82	22.30	7.12	
    V: Unskilled workers	100.00	40.71	27.63	1.50	26.21	3.95	
    No data recorded	100.00	40.66	23.99	1.79	24.58	8.99	
Notes:
1) The categories 'Health monitoring (healthy child care programme)' and  'Vaccination' are only covered for persons under 16 years of age. 
  
 The category 'Sick leave documentation' only covers  for persons aged 65 years or more. 
  
 This table does not cover those persons who, having  visited a doctor during the last 4 weeks, have done so  at an accident and emergency service.
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