Health determiners. Absolute figures
Reason for the special diet, by sex and age of group. Population aged 5 years old and over that follows a special diet.
Units: thousands of persons

	Total	To lose weight or maintain current weight	To live more heathfully	Due to an illness or health problem	For another reason	No data recorded	
BOTH SEXES	
    Total	3,747.5	1,453.9	474.4	1,691.7	119.5	8.0	
    5 to 14 years old	110.0	53.8	5.5	45.5	5.1	0.0	
    15 to 24 years old	194.6	104.1	43.3	25.6	19.1	2.6	
    25 to 34 years old	552.6	366.3	67.6	77.2	41.4	0.0	
    35 to 44 years old	627.5	334.7	64.7	192.3	31.5	4.3	
    45 to 54 years old	649.1	276.8	73.2	294.1	5.1	0.0	
    55 to 64 years old	648.5	195.2	76.0	366.2	11.1	0.0	
    65 to 74 years old	499.4	96.3	83.4	318.0	0.5	1.2	
    75 years old and over	465.9	26.7	60.7	372.7	5.8	0.0	
MALES	
    Total	1,562.5	448.4	224.3	823.5	63.3	3.1	
    5 to 14 years old	51.6	21.8	2.9	23.8	3.1	0.0	
    15 to 24 years old	92.4	38.9	30.0	13.1	10.4	0.0	
    25 to 34 years old	206.4	126.5	35.5	24.1	20.2	0.0	
    35 to 44 years old	283.5	102.9	40.3	114.1	24.2	1.9	
    45 to 54 years old	259.3	76.7	33.0	148.4	1.2	0.0	
    55 to 64 years old	286.2	45.3	31.1	205.6	4.2	0.0	
    65 to 74 years old	189.8	28.3	24.5	135.9	0.0	1.2	
    75 years old and over	193.4	8.0	26.9	158.5	0.0	0.0	
FEMALES	
    Total	2,185.0	1,005.5	250.1	868.2	56.3	5.0	
    5 to 14 years old	58.4	32.0	2.6	21.7	2.1	0.0	
    15 to 24 years old	102.2	65.2	13.3	12.5	8.7	2.6	
    25 to 34 years old	346.2	239.8	32.1	53.1	21.2	0.0	
    35 to 44 years old	344.0	231.7	24.4	78.1	7.3	2.4	
    45 to 54 years old	389.8	200.1	40.2	145.6	3.9	0.0	
    55 to 64 years old	362.3	150.0	44.8	160.6	6.9	0.0	
    65 to 74 years old	309.6	68.1	58.9	182.1	0.5	0.0	
    75 years old and over	272.5	18.6	33.8	214.3	5.8	0.0	
Notes:
The symbol '.' shall be deemed as data which cannot be given due to an insufficient sample.
 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