European Health Survey MEDICINE CONSUMPTION Type of medicine taken in the last 2 weeks according to if it had been prescribed or not by sex and social class based on the reference person's occupation. Population aged 15 years old and over that had take medicines in the last 2 weeks. Units: thousands of persons Medicines for coughing, flu, sore throat, bronchi Medicines for pain Medicines to lower fever Tonics (vitamins, minerals, stimulants) Laxatives Antibiotics Tranquilizers, sedatives, sleeping pills Medicines for allergies Medicines for rheumatism Medicines for heart problems Medicines for blood pressure Medicines for the stomach and/or digestive disorders Antidepressants, stimulants Contraceptive pills Hormones for menopause Medicines for cholesterol Medicines for diabetes Medicines for the thyroid gland Other medicines TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed No data recorded TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed No data recorded TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed No data recorded TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed No data recorded TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed No data recorded TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed No data recorded TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed No data recorded TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed No data recorded TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed No data recorded TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed No data recorded TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed No data recorded TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed No data recorded TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed No data recorded TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed No data recorded TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed No data recorded TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed No data recorded TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed No data recorded TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed No data recorded TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed No data recorded Both sexes TOTAL 4,051.3 2,326.8 1,724.5 0.0 13,883.8 9,252.3 4,624.5 6.9 866.2 626.5 239.7 0.0 2,616.6 1,623.0 991.1 2.5 855.0 624.7 230.3 0.0 1,926.9 1,843.6 82.2 1.1 4,882.4 4,715.7 165.8 0.9 1,692.3 1,629.0 63.3 0.0 1,198.6 1,183.6 15.0 0.0 2,147.4 2,147.4 0.0 0.0 7,232.0 7,220.1 9.8 2.0 5,291.8 4,981.3 310.6 0.0 2,160.2 2,156.0 3.4 0.8 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 4,992.2 4,973.1 18.2 0.9 2,442.0 2,440.3 0.9 0.8 1,611.9 1,601.9 8.9 1.1 4,958.6 4,579.0 378.5 1.1 I 453.1 211.3 241.8 0.0 1,431.1 769.5 661.7 0.0 87.6 61.2 26.4 0.0 362.8 208.1 154.7 0.0 96.5 63.8 32.7 0.0 186.4 182.3 4.1 0.0 403.0 376.3 26.8 0.0 184.4 172.3 12.0 0.0 70.6 70.6 0.0 0.0 162.6 162.6 0.0 0.0 614.1 614.1 0.0 0.0 436.5 381.0 55.5 0.0 133.5 133.5 0.0 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 454.4 452.2 2.2 0.0 161.4 161.4 0.0 0.0 146.1 142.9 2.0 1.1 462.5 415.7 46.8 0.0 II 319.2 165.3 153.9 0.0 1,028.3 565.3 462.2 0.8 52.3 35.5 16.8 0.0 264.1 146.5 117.7 0.0 74.5 57.0 17.5 0.0 163.1 158.7 4.3 0.0 300.1 277.6 22.5 0.0 152.1 138.9 13.2 0.0 50.9 50.9 0.0 0.0 139.7 139.7 0.0 0.0 368.9 368.9 0.0 0.0 320.0 293.6 26.4 0.0 120.0 120.0 0.0 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 344.0 342.9 1.1 0.0 126.0 126.0 0.0 0.0 116.8 116.8 0.0 0.0 360.5 327.0 33.5 0.0 III 691.5 372.9 318.7 0.0 2,426.5 1,482.5 940.8 3.3 142.4 98.1 44.2 0.0 576.5 319.8 254.4 2.3 141.9 98.8 43.1 0.0 367.2 353.2 14.0 0.0 818.4 779.5 38.9 0.0 327.4 316.4 11.0 0.0 186.9 186.9 0.0 0.0 358.5 358.5 0.0 0.0 1,225.6 1,224.9 0.0 0.7 841.2 787.2 54.1 0.0 326.7 324.5 1.4 0.8 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 845.4 836.3 9.1 0.0 371.5 371.5 0.0 0.0 274.2 270.5 3.7 0.0 908.6 848.7 60.0 0.0 IV 551.0 340.6 210.4 0.0 2,038.0 1,405.6 630.6 1.7 125.3 85.9 39.4 0.0 330.1 234.0 96.1 0.0 107.4 78.9 28.4 0.0 258.1 249.1 9.0 0.0 734.6 720.9 13.7 0.0 244.6 235.8 8.8 0.0 174.6 174.6 0.0 0.0 349.8 349.8 0.0 0.0 1,162.0 1,162.0 0.0 0.0 887.6 825.0 62.6 0.0 345.7 345.7 0.0 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 817.3 817.3 0.0 0.0 387.2 386.8 0.0 0.4 292.6 292.6 0.0 0.0 695.4 653.0 41.3 1.1 V 1,377.2 819.8 557.4 0.0 4,566.2 3,244.9 1,320.2 1.2 298.7 222.1 76.6 0.0 712.3 452.4 259.6 0.2 311.2 235.4 75.8 0.0 630.9 590.7 39.1 1.1 1,720.4 1,673.3 46.3 0.9 517.6 504.7 13.0 0.0 479.1 475.0 4.1 0.0 755.7 755.7 0.0 0.0 2,564.3 2,557.0 6.0 1.4 1,875.6 1,799.5 76.1 0.0 776.8 776.8 0.0 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 1,711.2 1,705.6 4.7 0.9 903.6 902.6 0.9 0.0 527.0 523.8 3.2 0.0 1,697.7 1,546.6 151.2 0.0 VI 589.7 371.9 217.9 0.0 2,124.3 1,567.7 556.7 0.0 149.9 118.0 31.9 0.0 328.3 233.9 94.3 0.0 97.2 68.6 28.6 0.0 282.9 271.4 11.5 0.0 780.7 763.5 17.2 0.0 244.2 241.8 2.4 0.0 198.7 194.5 4.2 0.0 318.0 318.0 0.0 0.0 1,135.6 1,131.7 3.8 0.0 829.4 793.9 35.5 0.0 413.4 411.4 2.0 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 717.6 717.6 0.0 0.0 445.9 445.5 0.0 0.4 213.6 213.6 0.0 0.0 739.1 699.4 39.7 0.0 No data recorded 69.6 45.0 24.6 0.0 269.3 216.9 52.4 0.0 9.9 . . . 42.5 28.3 14.3 0.0 26.4 . . . 38.2 38.2 0.0 0.0 125.1 124.6 0.5 0.0 22.0 . . . 37.7 31.0 6.8 0.0 63.1 63.1 0.0 0.0 161.5 161.5 0.0 0.0 101.5 101.1 0.4 0.0 44.0 44.0 0.0 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 102.3 101.2 1.1 0.0 46.4 46.4 0.0 0.0 41.6 41.6 0.0 0.0 94.8 88.7 6.1 0.0 Men TOTAL 1,938.6 1,034.5 904.1 0.0 4,997.4 3,067.9 1,928.7 0.8 336.6 222.1 114.5 0.0 757.1 362.0 395.1 0.0 181.5 152.3 29.1 0.0 780.7 742.5 38.2 0.0 1,481.7 1,396.7 85.0 0.0 651.8 608.6 43.3 0.0 304.0 304.0 0.0 0.0 1,224.4 1,224.4 0.0 0.0 3,443.8 3,442.7 1.1 0.0 2,296.7 2,086.8 209.9 0.0 594.0 592.6 1.4 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 2,375.8 2,372.8 3.0 0.0 1,278.8 1,277.9 0.9 0.0 219.1 219.1 0.0 0.0 2,380.4 2,218.7 161.7 0.0 I 220.3 104.8 115.6 0.0 556.8 285.7 271.1 0.0 39.4 . . . 102.0 48.4 53.6 0.0 28.7 . . . 85.9 85.7 0.2 0.0 142.1 130.7 11.3 0.0 60.7 50.3 10.4 0.0 27.1 . . . 105.2 105.2 0.0 0.0 374.5 374.5 0.0 0.0 239.3 208.4 30.9 0.0 53.3 53.3 0.0 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 261.9 261.7 0.2 0.0 93.4 93.4 0.0 0.0 17.9 . . . 219.9 202.6 17.3 0.0 II 139.6 55.8 83.8 0.0 382.8 182.5 199.5 0.8 20.7 . . . 76.5 36.3 40.2 0.0 16.1 . . . 62.1 57.8 4.3 0.0 87.2 76.8 10.3 0.0 68.2 60.4 7.9 0.0 9.9 . . . 92.9 92.9 0.0 0.0 190.6 190.6 0.0 0.0 143.7 126.4 17.3 0.0 41.8 . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 162.6 162.2 0.4 0.0 88.3 88.3 0.0 0.0 19.3 . . . 179.4 162.2 17.2 0.0 III 370.5 181.9 188.6 0.0 884.8 479.3 405.5 0.0 70.8 42.7 28.1 0.0 200.1 82.7 117.4 0.0 28.8 . . . 149.2 139.5 9.6 0.0 235.7 217.6 18.1 0.0 140.7 133.6 7.1 0.0 34.4 . . . 211.1 211.1 0.0 0.0 650.0 650.0 0.0 0.0 383.4 343.5 39.9 0.0 101.4 100.0 1.4 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 417.7 415.3 2.4 0.0 217.8 217.8 0.0 0.0 34.4 . . . 451.6 425.4 26.2 0.0 IV 296.9 173.0 123.8 0.0 805.4 524.0 281.4 0.0 61.3 35.5 25.8 0.0 95.9 58.5 37.4 0.0 26.7 . . . 130.4 121.4 9.0 0.0 262.5 259.6 2.9 0.0 104.2 100.9 3.3 0.0 43.2 43.2 0.0 0.0 212.9 212.9 0.0 0.0 570.1 570.1 0.0 0.0 414.6 369.4 45.2 0.0 98.4 98.4 0.0 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 437.9 437.9 0.0 0.0 215.3 215.3 0.0 0.0 21.1 . . . 333.8 305.5 28.3 0.0 V 623.7 346.0 277.7 0.0 1,664.2 1,110.8 553.4 0.0 98.7 71.4 27.3 0.0 190.3 89.8 100.6 0.0 62.2 59.3 2.9 0.0 252.4 238.8 13.6 0.0 572.1 541.9 30.2 0.0 211.9 202.5 9.4 0.0 150.8 150.8 0.0 0.0 441.1 441.1 0.0 0.0 1,223.9 1,223.9 0.0 0.0 812.5 759.3 53.2 0.0 210.0 210.0 0.0 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 824.9 824.9 0.0 0.0 485.2 484.3 0.9 0.0 95.5 95.5 0.0 0.0 838.6 778.6 60.0 0.0 VI 276.6 162.1 114.6 0.0 666.1 460.1 206.0 0.0 43.3 . . . 83.9 46.3 37.6 0.0 19.1 . . . 97.6 96.1 1.5 0.0 172.1 160.0 12.1 0.0 60.1 57.8 2.4 0.0 38.5 . . . 153.0 153.0 0.0 0.0 430.0 428.9 1.1 0.0 293.7 270.3 23.4 0.0 82.2 82.2 0.0 0.0 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 263.1 263.1 0.0 0.0 175.7 175.7 0.0 0.0 26.9 . . . 340.2 329.0 11.2 0.0 No data recorded 10.9 . . . 37.3 . . . 2.4 . . . 8.3 . . . 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.1 . . . 10.0 . . . 6.0 . . . 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 8.2 . . . 4.6 . . . 9.5 . . . 6.9 . . . .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 7.8 . . . 3.2 . . . 4.1 . . . 16.9 . . . Women TOTAL 2,112.7 1,292.3 820.4 0.0 8,886.4 6,184.4 2,695.9 6.1 529.6 404.4 125.2 0.0 1,859.5 1,261.0 596.1 2.5 673.5 472.3 201.2 0.0 1,146.2 1,101.1 44.0 1.1 3,400.7 3,319.0 80.8 0.9 1,040.5 1,020.4 20.1 0.0 894.6 879.6 15.0 0.0 923.1 923.1 0.0 0.0 3,788.2 3,777.4 8.8 2.0 2,995.1 2,894.4 100.7 0.0 1,566.2 1,563.4 2.0 0.8 792.2 708.3 83.9 0.0 109.9 100.7 9.1 0.0 2,616.4 2,600.2 15.3 0.9 1,163.1 1,162.4 0.0 0.8 1,392.8 1,382.8 8.9 1.1 2,578.2 2,360.3 216.8 1.1 I 232.8 106.6 126.2 0.0 874.3 483.8 390.5 0.0 48.2 38.1 10.1 0.0 260.8 159.7 101.2 0.0 67.9 44.0 23.9 0.0 100.5 96.5 4.0 0.0 261.0 245.6 15.4 0.0 123.6 122.0 1.6 0.0 43.5 . . . 57.4 57.4 0.0 0.0 239.6 239.6 0.0 0.0 197.2 172.6 24.7 0.0 80.3 80.3 0.0 0.0 53.2 49.6 3.6 0.0 20.5 . . . 192.6 190.6 2.0 0.0 68.0 68.0 0.0 0.0 128.2 125.1 2.0 1.1 242.6 213.1 29.5 0.0 II 179.6 109.5 70.1 0.0 645.5 382.7 262.7 0.0 31.6 . . . 187.6 110.1 77.5 0.0 58.4 45.2 13.2 0.0 100.9 100.9 0.0 0.0 212.9 200.8 12.2 0.0 83.9 78.5 5.4 0.0 41.0 41.0 0.0 0.0 46.8 46.8 0.0 0.0 178.3 178.3 0.0 0.0 176.3 167.2 9.1 0.0 78.2 78.2 0.0 0.0 71.9 68.7 3.2 0.0 8.4 . . . 181.4 180.6 0.8 0.0 37.8 37.8 0.0 0.0 97.5 97.5 0.0 0.0 181.1 164.8 16.3 0.0 III 321.0 191.0 130.0 0.0 1,541.7 1,003.2 535.3 3.3 71.6 55.5 16.1 0.0 376.3 237.1 137.0 2.3 113.1 78.7 34.4 0.0 218.1 213.7 4.4 0.0 582.6 561.9 20.7 0.0 186.7 182.8 3.9 0.0 152.5 152.5 0.0 0.0 147.4 147.4 0.0 0.0 575.6 574.9 0.0 0.7 457.8 443.7 14.1 0.0 225.4 224.5 0.0 0.8 155.0 122.1 32.9 0.0 27.3 . . . 427.7 421.0 6.7 0.0 153.7 153.7 0.0 0.0 239.8 236.1 3.7 0.0 457.0 423.3 33.8 0.0 IV 254.1 167.6 86.5 0.0 1,232.6 881.7 349.2 1.7 64.0 50.4 13.6 0.0 234.2 175.5 58.7 0.0 80.7 54.7 26.0 0.0 127.8 127.8 0.0 0.0 472.2 461.3 10.8 0.0 140.4 134.9 5.5 0.0 131.4 131.4 0.0 0.0 136.9 136.9 0.0 0.0 591.9 591.9 0.0 0.0 473.0 455.6 17.4 0.0 247.3 247.3 0.0 0.0 124.9 117.0 7.8 0.0 10.1 . . . 379.4 379.4 0.0 0.0 171.9 171.5 0.0 0.4 271.5 271.5 0.0 0.0 361.6 347.5 13.0 1.1 V 753.5 473.9 279.7 0.0 2,902.0 2,134.0 766.8 1.2 200.0 150.7 49.3 0.0 521.9 362.7 159.1 0.2 249.0 176.1 72.9 0.0 378.5 351.9 25.5 1.1 1,148.4 1,131.4 16.1 0.9 305.7 302.1 3.6 0.0 328.2 324.2 4.1 0.0 314.6 314.6 0.0 0.0 1,340.5 1,333.1 6.0 1.4 1,063.0 1,040.2 22.9 0.0 566.8 566.8 0.0 0.0 249.1 224.0 25.1 0.0 33.0 . . . 886.3 880.7 4.7 0.9 418.4 418.4 0.0 0.0 431.6 428.3 3.2 0.0 859.1 768.0 91.1 0.0 VI 313.1 209.8 103.3 0.0 1,458.3 1,107.6 350.7 0.0 106.6 79.1 27.5 0.0 244.4 187.6 56.8 0.0 78.1 51.5 26.6 0.0 185.3 175.3 10.0 0.0 608.5 603.5 5.1 0.0 184.0 184.0 0.0 0.0 160.2 156.0 4.2 0.0 165.1 165.1 0.0 0.0 705.6 702.8 2.8 0.0 535.8 523.6 12.1 0.0 331.2 329.2 2.0 0.0 126.7 115.5 11.2 0.0 10.5 . . . 454.5 454.5 0.0 0.0 270.2 269.8 0.0 0.4 186.7 186.7 0.0 0.0 398.9 370.4 28.5 0.0 No data recorded 58.6 34.1 24.6 0.0 232.0 191.5 40.6 0.0 7.5 . . . 34.2 28.3 6.0 0.0 26.4 . . . 35.1 . . . 115.1 114.6 0.5 0.0 16.0 . . . 37.7 31.0 6.8 0.0 54.9 54.9 0.0 0.0 156.8 156.8 0.0 0.0 92.0 91.5 0.4 0.0 37.1 37.1 0.0 0.0 11.4 . . . 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 94.5 93.4 1.1 0.0 43.2 43.2 0.0 0.0 37.5 37.5 0.0 0.0 77.9 73.3 4.6 0.0 Notes: .Data protected by statistical secrecy 1) Hormonal medicines for menopause are only recorded for women. Contraceptive pill is only recorded for women under 65 years old I - Directors and managers of establishments with 10 or more wage earners and professionals traditionally associated with university graduate degrees. II. Directors and managers of establishments with less than 10 wage earners, professionals traditionally associated with university degrees and other technical support professionals. Athletes and artists. III. Intermediate occupations and self-employed workers. IV - Supervisors and workers in skilled technical occupations. V - Skilled primary sector workers and other semi-skilled workers. VI. Non-skilled workers. 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