European Health Survey  
DOCTOR APPOINTMENTS
Reason for the last doctor's appointment in the last 4 weeks by sex, age group, and educational level. Population aged 15 years old and over that had visited the doctor in the last 4 weeks, except accident and emergency services.
Units: thousands of persons

	TOTAL	Diagnosis of an illness or health problem	Check-up due to illness	Administration visits (dispensing of prescriptions or medical leaves/medical discharges)	Other reasons	No data recorded	
Both sexes	
    TOTAL	
        TOTAL	13,364.7	4,893.7	5,429.6	1,993.6	1,044.5	3.3	
        Basic and inferior	8,037.7	3,013.0	3,128.7	1,320.3	572.8	2.9	
        Medium	2,364.8	912.3	960.1	291.7	200.3	0.4	
        Upper	2,962.2	968.3	1,340.7	381.6	271.5	0.0	
    From 15 to 24 years old	
        TOTAL	1,031.3	399.6	410.3	65.7	155.7	0.0	
        Basic and inferior	561.8	232.4	213.1	26.3	90.0	0.0	
        Medium	327.7	115.6	138.3	26.1	47.6	0.0	
        Upper	141.9	51.6	58.9	13.3	18.1	0.0	
    From 25 to 64 years old	
        TOTAL	8,072.6	3,031.5	3,238.8	1,132.7	667.6	2.0	
        Basic and inferior	3,917.4	1,510.0	1,481.3	605.0	319.4	1.6	
        Medium	1,755.3	715.5	683.0	228.4	128.1	0.4	
        Upper	2,399.9	805.9	1,074.5	299.3	220.1	0.0	
    Aged 65 years old and over	
        TOTAL	4,260.8	1,462.6	1,780.5	795.2	221.2	1.3	
        Basic and inferior	3,558.6	1,270.6	1,434.3	689.0	163.3	1.3	
        Medium	281.8	81.2	138.8	37.2	24.6	0.0	
        Upper	420.4	110.8	207.3	69.0	33.3	0.0	
Men	
    TOTAL	
        TOTAL	5,490.3	1,941.9	2,144.4	906.2	494.4	3.3	
        Basic and inferior	3,272.7	1,174.8	1,270.8	572.6	251.6	2.9	
        Medium	991.7	366.4	368.8	152.3	103.9	0.4	
        Upper	1,225.9	400.7	504.9	181.3	139.0	0.0	
    From 15 to 24 years old	
        TOTAL	386.1	169.4	122.6	24.9	69.2	0.0	
        Basic and inferior	241.3	108.4	81.5	10.7	40.7	0.0	
        Medium	103.9	41.1	29.5	6.5	26.7	0.0	
        Upper	40.9	.	.	.	.	.	
    From 25 to 64 years old	
        TOTAL	3,252.4	1,188.7	1,257.8	486.2	317.7	2.0	
        Basic and inferior	1,614.3	595.7	630.2	248.0	138.8	1.6	
        Medium	722.4	275.8	264.8	117.8	63.6	0.4	
        Upper	915.7	317.3	362.7	120.4	115.4	0.0	
    Aged 65 years old and over	
        TOTAL	1,851.8	583.8	764.1	395.1	107.5	1.3	
        Basic and inferior	1,417.1	470.7	559.1	314.0	72.1	1.3	
        Medium	165.4	49.5	74.4	27.9	13.6	0.0	
        Upper	269.3	63.6	130.6	53.2	21.8	0.0	
Women	
    TOTAL	
        TOTAL	7,874.4	2,951.8	3,285.1	1,087.4	550.1	0.0	
        Basic and inferior	4,765.0	1,838.2	1,857.9	747.7	321.2	0.0	
        Medium	1,373.2	546.0	591.4	139.4	96.4	0.0	
        Upper	1,736.3	567.7	835.8	200.3	132.5	0.0	
    From 15 to 24 years old	
        TOTAL	645.2	230.2	287.7	40.7	86.5	0.0	
        Basic and inferior	320.4	124.0	131.6	15.6	49.3	0.0	
        Medium	223.8	74.4	108.8	19.6	20.9	0.0	
        Upper	101.0	31.8	47.3	5.5	16.3	0.0	
    From 25 to 64 years old	
        TOTAL	4,820.2	1,842.7	1,981.0	646.5	349.9	0.0	
        Basic and inferior	2,303.1	914.3	851.1	357.0	180.7	0.0	
        Medium	1,033.0	439.8	418.1	110.6	64.5	0.0	
        Upper	1,484.2	488.7	711.8	178.9	104.7	0.0	
    Aged 65 years old and over	
        TOTAL	2,409.0	878.8	1,016.4	400.1	113.7	0.0	
        Basic and inferior	2,141.5	799.9	875.3	375.1	91.2	0.0	
        Medium	116.4	31.7	64.4	9.3	11.0	0.0	
        Upper	151.1	47.2	76.7	15.8	11.5	0.0	
Notes:

.Data protected by statistical secrecy

1) In this table are not considered those persons who, having visited a doctor during the  last 4 weeks, in an accident and emergency service.

 The symbol '.'  shall be deemed as datum which cannot be given due to an insufficient sample
 The symbol '..' Shall be deemed as datum which is not collected for that classification of the table
 The data corresponding to cells with less 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