Use of health services and consumption of medicine. Relative figures
Reason for the last medical consultation in the last 4 years by sex and employment situation. Population aged 16 years and over 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	39.58	31.67	..	21.85	6.90	
    Employed	100.00	45.76	31.44	..	13.65	9.15	
    Unemployed	100.00	45.89	30.06	..	16.32	7.73	
    Student	100.00	64.05	23.84	..	5.91	6.19	
    Retired person, pensioner	100.00	29.59	33.96	..	32.09	4.36	
    Mainly dedicated to household chores	100.00	36.30	30.21	..	28.27	5.22	
    Other situations	100.00	32.09	30.86	..	22.50	14.55	
    No data recorded	100.00	37.75	33.10	..	1.65	27.49	
MALES	
    Total	100.00	39.97	31.27	..	21.41	7.35	
    Employed	100.00	46.03	29.01	..	14.67	10.28	
    Unemployed	100.00	51.02	25.56	..	14.33	9.09	
    Student	100.00	67.61	21.53	..	5.72	5.15	
    Retired person, pensioner	100.00	29.03	35.49	..	31.94	3.53	
    Mainly dedicated to household chores	.	.	.	..	.	.	
    Other situations	.	.	.	..	.	.	
    No data recorded	100.00	58.38	36.97	..	4.65	0.00	
FEMALES	
    Total	100.00	39.31	31.94	..	22.16	6.58	
    Employed	100.00	45.51	33.74	..	12.67	8.08	
    Unemployed	100.00	42.98	32.62	..	17.45	6.95	
    Student	100.00	61.92	25.23	..	6.03	6.82	
    Retired person, pensioner	100.00	30.23	32.19	..	32.26	5.32	
    Mainly dedicated to household chores	100.00	36.29	30.21	..	28.27	5.22	
    Other situations	100.00	22.94	31.51	..	33.84	11.71	
    No data recorded	100.00	26.35	30.96	..	0.00	42.69	
Notes:

.Data protected by statistical secrecy

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 16 years or over. 
  
 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