European Health Survey  
PREVENTATIVE PRACTICES
Time elapsed since the last fecal occult blood test, according to sex and age group. Population aged 16 years old and over that has had a fecal occult blood test at some point in time.
Units: percentage

	Total	In the last 12 months	More than 1 year ago, but no more than 2 years ago	More than 2 years ago, but no more than 3 years ago	More than 3 years	
Both sexes	
    Total	100.00	23.62	14.50	12.76	49.12	
    16 to 24 years old	100.00	12.27	9.45	18.99	59.29	
    25 to 44 years old	100.00	21.89	16.05	13.25	48.81	
    45 to 64 years old	100.00	24.99	12.56	11.76	50.69	
    65 years old and over	100.00	26.94	16.89	11.83	44.34	
Male	
    Total	100.00	23.92	14.15	12.66	49.27	
    16 to 24 years old	100.00	14.46	6.05	16.43	63.06	
    25 to 44 years old	100.00	19.29	13.77	9.77	57.17	
    45 to 64 years old	100.00	27.77	12.71	13.86	45.65	
    65 years old and over	100.00	26.62	19.59	13.27	40.52	
Female	
    Total	100.00	23.29	14.89	12.87	48.95	
    16 to 24 years old	100.00	9.83	13.26	21.84	55.07	
    25 to 44 years old	100.00	24.94	18.74	17.33	38.99	
    45 to 64 years old	100.00	21.52	12.37	9.12	57.00	
    65 years old and over	100.00	27.22	14.42	10.52	47.83	
Notes:
The symbol '.' shall be deemed as data which is not collected
 The symbol '..' shall be deemed as data which cannot be given due to an insufficient sample
 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: National Statistics Institute