Health care. Absolute figures Reason for the inaccessibility to medical assistance in the last 12 months by sex. Population that needed medical assistance in the last 12 months and did not get it. Units: thousands of persons Total I could not afford it (too expensive or not covered by the insurance) There was a long wait Due to family or work duties Too far to travel without means of transport Afraid of doctors, hospitals, medical check-ups, treatment... I decided to wait and see if the problem got solved Other reasons No data recorded BOTH SEXES 920.9 39.3 354.6 67.5 12.4 10.3 165.7 268.6 2.4 MALES 398.5 13.0 165.2 27.8 2.1 8.2 88.4 91.4 2.4 FEMALES 522.4 26.2 189.4 39.8 10.3 2.2 77.3 177.2 0.0 Notes: 1) The column 'Due to family or work duties' includes the categories 'I had no time due to my job, children or other persons care' for persons aged 15 years old and over and 'Nobody could leave the family or work duties and take the child' to persons aged 0 to 14 years old. The symbol '.' shall be deemed as data which cannot be given due to an insufficient sample. The symbol '..' shall be deemed as data which are not collected for this classification in the table. The symbol '...' shall be deemed as an 'error of division by zero. The data corresponding to cells with fewer than 35 thousand persons must be considered with caution, as they may be affected by a high degree of sampling error. Source: Ministry of Public Health, Social Services and Equality and INE