Health determiners. Absolute figures
Reason for the special diet, by sex and country of birth. 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	
    Spain	3,283.9	1,209.7	412.2	1,559.9	94.0	8.0	
    Abroad	463.6	244.2	62.2	131.7	25.5	0.0	
MALES	
    Total	1,562.5	448.4	224.3	823.5	63.3	3.1	
    Spain	1,396.2	387.3	190.4	763.9	51.4	3.1	
    Abroad	166.3	61.1	33.9	59.5	11.8	0.0	
FEMALES	
    Total	2,185.0	1,005.5	250.1	868.2	56.3	5.0	
    Spain	1,887.7	822.4	221.8	796.0	42.5	5.0	
    Abroad	297.3	183.1	28.3	72.2	13.7	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