European Health Survey  
HOSPITALISATIONS
Reason for the last hospital stay in the last 12 months by sex and educational level. Population aged 15 years old and over that had been hospitalised in the last 12 months.
Units: percentage

	TOTAL	Surgical intervention	Medical study for diagnosis	Medical treatment without surgical intervention	Childbirth (including Caesarean)	Other reasons	
Both sexes	
    TOTAL	100.00	40.14	17.91	23.12	13.40	5.42	
    Basic and lower	100.00	39.04	21.03	26.53	7.19	6.21	
    Medium	100.00	44.30	13.18	20.46	18.68	3.38	
    Upper	100.00	39.34	13.86	16.47	25.18	5.15	
Men	
    TOTAL	100.00	48.40	17.35	28.61	0.00	5.64	
    Basic and lower	100.00	43.12	18.88	32.08	0.00	5.92	
    Medium	100.00	61.22	12.13	22.88	0.00	3.77	
    Upper	100.00	53.33	17.18	23.14	0.00	6.36	
Women	
    TOTAL	100.00	33.49	18.35	18.71	24.20	5.25	
    Basic and lower	100.00	35.41	22.94	21.57	13.61	6.47	
    Medium	100.00	33.31	13.87	18.89	30.81	3.13	
    Upper	100.00	28.97	11.39	11.53	43.86	4.25	
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 this classification in 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