European Health Survey  
PREVENTATIVE PRACTICES
Time elapsed since the last cholesterol test by sex, country of birth, and age group. Population aged 15 years old and over.
Units: thousands of persons

	TOTAL	In the last 12 months	1 year or more but less than 5 years ago	5 years ago or more	Never had the choresterol checked	No data recorded	
Both sexes	
    Total	
        TOTAL	38,959.7	26,721.6	8,047.0	989.8	2,709.6	491.6	
        From 15 to 24 years old	4,470.3	1,712.4	1,234.2	184.8	1,221.8	117.1	
        From 25 to 64 years old	26,269.0	17,840.1	6,018.3	723.8	1,354.7	332.2	
        Aged 65 years old and over	8,220.3	7,169.1	794.5	81.3	133.1	42.4	
    Spain	
        TOTAL	33,919.4	23,713.8	6,930.9	838.0	2,041.2	395.5	
        From 15 to 24 years old	3,707.7	1,391.5	1,076.3	156.9	986.1	96.8	
        From 25 to 64 years old	22,283.6	15,395.6	5,102.4	601.2	928.1	256.3	
        Aged 65 years old and over	7,928.1	6,926.7	752.2	79.8	127.0	42.4	
    Abroad	
        TOTAL	5,040.3	3,007.8	1,116.1	151.9	668.5	96.1	
        From 15 to 24 years old	762.6	320.8	157.9	27.8	235.7	20.3	
        From 25 to 64 years old	3,985.4	2,444.6	915.8	122.6	426.6	75.8	
        Aged 65 years old and over	292.3	242.3	42.3	1.5	6.1	0.0	
Men	
    Total	
        TOTAL	19,005.4	12,567.6	4,003.9	572.1	1,571.5	290.4	
        From 15 to 24 years old	2,282.4	755.5	644.1	112.8	686.8	83.1	
        From 25 to 64 years old	13,148.0	8,733.1	2,995.5	425.2	807.6	186.5	
        Aged 65 years old and over	3,575.1	3,078.9	364.2	34.0	77.1	20.7	
    Spain	
        TOTAL	16,710.6	11,323.4	3,494.2	473.6	1,181.8	237.6	
        From 15 to 24 years old	1,880.4	602.4	559.1	94.7	558.5	65.7	
        From 25 to 64 years old	11,388.3	7,740.1	2,599.6	346.4	551.0	151.1	
        Aged 65 years old and over	3,442.0	2,980.9	335.6	32.5	72.2	20.7	
    Abroad	
        TOTAL	2,294.8	1,244.2	509.6	98.5	389.7	52.8	
        From 15 to 24 years old	402.0	153.1	85.0	18.1	128.3	17.4	
        From 25 to 64 years old	1,759.7	993.0	395.9	78.8	256.5	35.4	
        Aged 65 years old and over	133.1	98.0	28.7	1.5	4.9	0.0	
Women	
    Total	
        TOTAL	19,954.3	14,154.1	4,043.1	417.8	1,138.1	201.2	
        From 15 to 24 years old	2,187.9	956.9	590.1	72.0	535.0	34.0	
        From 25 to 64 years old	13,121.1	9,107.0	3,022.7	298.5	547.1	145.6	
        Aged 65 years old and over	4,645.3	4,090.1	430.3	47.3	56.0	21.6	
    Spain	
        TOTAL	17,208.7	12,390.4	3,436.7	364.4	859.3	157.9	
        From 15 to 24 years old	1,827.3	789.2	517.2	62.3	427.6	31.1	
        From 25 to 64 years old	10,895.4	7,655.4	2,502.8	254.8	377.0	105.2	
        Aged 65 years old and over	4,486.1	3,945.8	416.6	47.3	54.7	21.6	
    Abroad	
        TOTAL	2,745.6	1,763.6	606.4	53.4	278.8	43.3	
        From 15 to 24 years old	360.6	167.7	72.9	9.7	107.5	2.9	
        From 25 to 64 years old	2,225.7	1,451.6	519.9	43.7	170.1	40.4	
        Aged 65 years old and over	159.2	144.3	13.6	0.0	1.2	0.0	
Notes:
1) 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