Survey on Homeless Persons Health Homeless Persons with a serious or chronic illness by type of illness and sex Units: absolute value/percentage Both sexes Men Women persons % persons persons % persons persons % persons TOTAL 7,048 100.0 5,486 100.0 1,562 100.0 Diseases of the circulatory system 1,472 20.9 1,253 22.8 219 14.0 Diseases of the respiratory and the digestive system 1,430 20.3 1,073 19.6 357 22.8 Endocrine/metabolic diseases and diseases of the sensory organs 1,229 17.4 991 18.1 238 15.2 Diseases of the osteo-mioarticular system 1,183 16.8 771 14.1 411 26.3 Mental disorders 1,169 16.6 821 15.0 348 22.2 Other diseases 2,175 30.9 1,750 31.9 425 27.2 Notes: 1) The sum of the percentages is over 100 because that is a multiple choice question Source: National Statistics Institute