Use of health services and consumption of medicines. Absolute figures Type of medicine taken in the last 2 weeks, depending on whether or not it has been prescribed, by sex and social class of the main breadwinner. Population that has taken each type of medicine in the last 2 weeks Units: thousands of persons ,Medicines for colds, flu, throat, bronchus,,,,Medicines for pain,,,,Medicines to lower fever,,,,Tonics (vitamins, minerals, stimulants),,,,Laxatives,,,,Antibiotics,,,,Tranquillizers, sedatives, sleeping pills,,,,Medicines for allergies,,,,Medicines for rheumatism,,,,Medicines for heart problems,,,,Medicines for blood pressure,,,,Medicines for the stomach and/or digestive alterations,,,,Antidepressants, stimulants,,,,Contraceptive pills,,,,Hormones for menopause,,,,Medicines for lowering cholesterol levels,,,,Medicines for diabetes,,,,Other medicines,,,, ,Total,On prescription,Unprescribed,No data recorded,Total,On prescription,Unprescribed,No data recorded,Total,On prescription,Unprescribed,No data recorded,Total,On prescription,Unprescribed,No data recorded,Total,On prescription,Unprescribed,No data recorded,Total,On prescription,Unprescribed,No data recorded,Total,On prescription,Unprescribed,No data recorded,Total,On prescription,Unprescribed,No data recorded,Total,On prescription,Unprescribed,No data recorded,Total,On prescription,Unprescribed,No data recorded,Total,On prescription,Unprescribed,No data recorded,Total,On prescription,Unprescribed,No data recorded,Total,On prescription,Unprescribed,No data recorded,Total,On prescription,Unprescribed,No data recorded,Total,On prescription,Unprescribed,No data recorded,Total,On prescription,Unprescribed,No data recorded,Total,On prescription,Unprescribed,No data recorded,Total,On prescription,Unprescribed,No data recorded, BOTH SEXES, Total,5,339.3,3,744.6,1,591.4,3.2,12,911.8,9,231.5,3,647.6,32.7,1,654.4,1,355.4,293.9,5.1,2,447.8,1,863.5,582.8,1.6,1,078.8,801.4,272.9,4.6,1,905.0,1,790.2,104.2,10.6,3,908.7,3,750.4,145.8,12.5,1,695.9,1,641.9,52.4,1.6,2,043.5,2,025.7,15.7,2.1,2,163.8,2,150.5,10.4,3.0,6,007.0,5,957.9,45.3,3.8,3,319.2,3,076.2,242.0,0.9,2,090.1,2,065.0,25.1,0.0,1,021.1,961.0,54.1,6.0,274.3,268.2,6.1,0.0,3,065.8,3,023.2,37.8,4.8,1,794.0,1,774.8,19.2,0.0,7,376.2,6,904.0,460.1,12.2, I: Executives of Public Administrations and of companies with 10 or more employees, and professions associated with university degrees,543.5,337.0,206.5,0.0,1,158.1,652.3,501.0,4.8,186.4,150.6,35.8,0.0,324.0,228.9,95.2,0.0,66.4,45.9,20.6,0.0,205.7,198.7,4.6,2.4,285.4,257.7,25.1,2.6,199.5,194.3,5.2,0.0,95.1,91.7,3.4,0.0,134.0,130.6,2.3,1.1,450.2,447.1,3.1,0.0,282.7,254.9,27.9,0.0,143.2,140.2,3.0,0.0,103.5,96.9,6.6,0.0,.,.,.,.,246.5,240.1,5.2,1.1,89.3,88.3,1.0,0.0,694.2,634.4,57.3,2.5, II: Executives of companies with fewer than 10 employees, and professions associated with intermediate degrees. Advanced technicians. Artists and Sportspersons,592.7,405.5,187.2,0.0,1,164.5,780.0,384.4,0.0,188.7,144.6,44.1,0.0,249.4,185.4,64.1,0.0,108.3,69.8,38.5,0.0,172.9,165.2,6.8,0.9,323.3,311.3,10.6,1.5,146.9,143.3,3.6,0.0,140.6,140.6,0.0,0.0,124.9,124.9,0.0,0.0,405.9,405.4,0.5,0.0,285.1,243.8,41.3,0.0,144.5,144.3,0.2,0.0,113.7,106.1,7.6,0.0,.,.,.,.,234.2,233.7,0.5,0.0,132.1,130.3,1.7,0.0,719.3,659.0,57.0,3.3, III: Administrative type employees and Administrative and financial support professionals. Personal services and Security workers. Freelance workers. Supervisors of manual workers,1,166.0,810.6,355.4,0.0,2,958.3,2,001.0,950.6,6.7,336.2,271.0,65.2,0.0,580.2,441.1,139.2,0.0,253.6,173.5,80.2,0.0,464.1,435.0,29.1,0.0,877.3,827.2,44.6,5.6,438.6,420.7,17.8,0.0,495.9,492.9,2.9,0.0,564.7,563.8,1.0,0.0,1,501.4,1,491.8,7.6,1.9,745.2,695.8,49.4,0.0,472.5,470.2,2.3,0.0,235.4,226.3,9.1,0.0,59.2,58.3,0.9,0.0,762.0,756.3,4.1,1.7,406.8,405.8,1.0,0.0,1,747.8,1,651.6,96.0,0.2, IVa: Skilled manual workers,1,541.4,1,094.1,444.0,3.2,3,564.8,2,693.7,859.5,11.6,464.5,386.8,72.6,5.1,596.6,479.9,115.1,1.6,303.1,223.7,74.8,4.6,529.6,492.3,30.1,7.2,1,160.0,1,138.3,21.8,0.0,436.2,420.4,14.2,1.6,623.2,618.3,4.9,0.0,629.0,623.1,5.9,0.0,1,678.5,1,662.1,16.5,0.0,954.3,908.7,45.6,0.0,596.3,591.6,4.7,0.0,263.7,243.4,20.3,0.0,68.2,67.1,1.1,0.0,925.8,913.7,11.6,0.5,560.9,556.5,4.4,0.0,1,931.9,1,799.4,126.3,6.1, IVb: Semi-skilled manual workers,670.9,484.8,186.1,0.0,1,824.2,1,366.3,450.1,7.8,203.5,174.4,29.1,0.0,355.3,259.0,96.3,0.0,148.9,117.1,31.8,0.0,249.6,229.5,20.1,0.0,556.2,533.3,20.0,2.9,233.0,225.1,7.9,0.0,260.1,259.7,0.5,0.0,278.3,276.2,0.2,1.8,758.1,749.9,6.3,1.8,469.2,423.5,44.8,0.9,331.0,326.8,4.2,0.0,154.2,149.0,5.2,0.0,.,.,.,.,363.0,359.8,3.2,0.0,224.7,223.6,1.1,0.0,1,013.9,961.0,52.9,0.0, V: Unskilled workers,726.9,547.3,179.6,0.0,1,893.1,1,474.5,416.9,1.7,233.1,195.8,37.2,0.0,285.1,221.6,63.5,0.0,165.2,143.1,22.1,0.0,251.2,241.3,10.0,0.0,575.6,554.9,20.7,0.0,213.6,210.9,2.7,0.0,362.3,360.4,1.9,0.0,356.3,355.3,1.0,0.0,997.5,989.8,7.7,0.0,501.1,473.2,27.9,0.0,342.8,332.2,10.6,0.0,127.7,119.5,2.2,6.0,.,.,.,.,444.6,430.8,12.3,1.5,305.5,296.4,9.1,0.0,1,108.7,1,045.7,63.0,0.0, No data recorded,97.9,65.2,32.7,0.0,348.8,263.7,85.1,0.0,42.0,32.2,9.8,0.0,57.2,47.7,9.5,0.0,33.3,28.4,4.9,0.0,31.9,28.3,3.6,0.0,130.8,127.7,3.2,0.0,28.2,27.2,1.0,0.0,66.2,62.0,2.1,2.1,76.5,76.5,0.0,0.0,215.5,211.8,3.7,0.0,81.6,76.4,5.3,0.0,59.7,59.7,0.0,0.0,22.9,19.8,3.1,0.0,12.1,10.0,2.1,0.0,89.7,88.8,0.9,0.0,74.8,73.8,1.0,0.0,160.4,152.8,7.6,0.0, MALES, Total,2,770.3,1,880.6,888.2,1.5,4,669.2,3,139.4,1,518.9,10.9,798.3,660.2,137.3,0.8,696.1,396.1,300.0,0.0,270.9,227.6,43.3,0.0,889.0,826.6,59.1,3.3,1,214.2,1,147.5,61.1,5.6,746.6,718.1,28.5,0.0,511.2,506.4,4.8,0.0,1,109.7,1,105.0,4.7,0.0,2,577.5,2,552.9,22.7,1.9,1,437.8,1,278.5,159.3,0.0,574.1,566.4,7.7,0.0,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,1,393.7,1,371.6,18.9,3.2,906.2,897.4,8.8,0.0,3,132.2,2,919.9,206.6,5.7, I: Executives of Public Administrations and of companies with 10 or more employees, and professions associated with university degrees,303.7,176.0,127.7,0.0,477.5,257.7,216.4,3.4,104.0,83.1,20.9,0.0,92.1,46.6,45.5,0.0,.,.,.,.,109.4,103.9,3.1,2.4,116.3,105.9,10.4,0.0,116.6,116.6,0.0,0.0,.,.,.,.,75.6,73.3,2.3,0.0,248.2,245.4,2.8,0.0,156.5,137.3,19.2,0.0,.,.,.,.,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,122.7,122.7,0.0,0.0,65.8,64.9,1.0,0.0,299.9,268.8,31.1,0.0, II: Executives of companies with fewer than 10 employees, and professions associated with intermediate degrees. Advanced technicians. Artists and Sportspersons,328.6,227.9,100.8,0.0,428.3,268.8,159.5,0.0,96.2,78.6,17.6,0.0,93.2,60.3,32.9,0.0,.,.,.,.,69.1,68.2,0.0,0.9,118.7,115.3,3.4,0.0,69.9,68.7,1.3,0.0,.,.,.,.,76.8,76.8,0.0,0.0,208.2,208.2,0.0,0.0,160.6,126.3,34.3,0.0,.,.,.,.,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,128.3,127.8,0.5,0.0,91.6,89.9,1.7,0.0,317.9,293.6,24.3,0.0, III: Administrative type employees and Administrative and financial support professionals. Personal services and Security workers. Freelance workers. Supervisors of manual workers,600.8,410.6,190.3,0.0,1,062.8,635.2,420.9,6.7,164.6,140.9,23.7,0.0,180.1,102.2,77.9,0.0,68.4,50.3,18.1,0.0,241.1,222.5,18.6,0.0,286.4,255.4,25.4,5.6,185.5,173.2,12.4,0.0,155.7,155.7,0.0,0.0,295.9,295.9,0.0,0.0,681.4,675.3,4.3,1.9,342.4,309.3,33.1,0.0,153.5,153.5,0.0,0.0,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,378.2,374.6,1.9,1.7,217.4,217.4,0.0,0.0,723.1,686.2,36.8,0.0, IVa: Skilled manual workers,798.0,545.8,250.7,1.5,1,344.1,977.3,365.9,0.8,210.5,178.5,31.2,0.8,147.1,81.7,65.4,0.0,81.2,65.2,16.0,0.0,259.1,237.9,21.1,0.0,370.9,362.9,8.0,0.0,192.8,186.0,6.8,0.0,146.7,143.7,2.9,0.0,356.5,354.0,2.4,0.0,728.2,722.3,5.9,0.0,402.3,372.0,30.4,0.0,162.6,160.2,2.4,0.0,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,446.1,439.4,6.7,0.0,296.9,294.5,2.4,0.0,874.5,796.9,72.0,5.7, IVb: Semi-skilled manual workers,325.7,225.6,100.1,0.0,610.9,443.2,167.8,0.0,101.7,81.1,20.6,0.0,94.8,55.3,39.4,0.0,.,.,.,.,101.6,90.6,11.0,0.0,142.6,138.3,4.2,0.0,92.5,86.7,5.8,0.0,63.2,63.2,0.0,0.0,124.5,124.5,0.0,0.0,294.4,293.0,1.4,0.0,172.7,152.4,20.3,0.0,78.2,75.0,3.2,0.0,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,125.6,123.7,1.9,0.0,91.9,91.9,0.0,0.0,410.4,389.5,20.9,0.0, V: Unskilled workers,369.5,262.5,107.0,0.0,636.3,485.5,150.8,0.0,99.2,78.6,20.6,0.0,75.0,37.5,37.5,0.0,.,.,.,.,96.0,91.8,4.3,0.0,155.2,148.4,6.8,0.0,84.1,82.8,1.3,0.0,73.7,73.4,0.3,0.0,151.1,151.1,0.0,0.0,347.6,341.2,6.4,0.0,179.4,158.5,21.0,0.0,72.0,71.6,0.4,0.0,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,179.9,170.6,7.9,1.5,108.8,105.1,3.7,0.0,458.9,439.3,19.7,0.0, No data recorded,43.9,32.2,11.7,0.0,109.3,71.7,37.6,0.0,22.1,19.4,2.7,0.0,13.8,12.6,1.3,0.0,13.6,13.6,0.0,0.0,12.8,11.8,1.0,0.0,24.1,21.2,2.9,0.0,5.1,4.1,1.0,0.0,5.9,5.9,0.0,0.0,29.3,29.3,0.0,0.0,69.4,67.5,1.9,0.0,23.8,22.7,1.1,0.0,13.3,13.3,0.0,0.0,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,12.8,12.8,0.0,0.0,33.8,33.8,0.0,0.0,47.4,45.6,1.8,0.0, FEMALES, Total,2,569.0,1,864.0,703.3,1.7,8,242.5,6,092.1,2,128.7,21.7,856.1,695.2,156.6,4.3,1,751.7,1,467.4,282.8,1.6,808.0,573.7,229.6,4.6,1,016.0,963.6,45.2,7.2,2,694.5,2,602.9,84.7,6.9,949.4,923.8,23.9,1.6,1,532.3,1,519.3,10.9,2.1,1,054.1,1,045.5,5.6,3.0,3,429.5,3,405.0,22.6,1.8,1,881.4,1,797.7,82.7,0.9,1,516.0,1,498.6,17.4,0.0,1,021.1,961.0,54.1,6.0,274.3,268.2,6.1,0.0,1,672.1,1,651.6,18.9,1.6,887.8,877.4,10.4,0.0,4,244.0,3,984.1,253.5,6.5, I: Executives of Public Administrations and of companies with 10 or more employees, and professions associated with university degrees,239.9,161.1,78.8,0.0,680.6,394.6,284.6,1.4,82.4,67.5,14.9,0.0,232.0,182.3,49.7,0.0,59.4,38.9,20.6,0.0,96.3,94.8,1.5,0.0,169.1,151.8,14.7,2.6,82.9,77.7,5.2,0.0,73.7,71.9,1.8,0.0,.,.,.,.,202.0,201.7,0.3,0.0,126.2,117.5,8.7,0.0,91.9,90.3,1.5,0.0,103.5,96.9,6.6,0.0,.,.,.,.,123.7,117.4,5.2,1.1,.,.,.,.,394.3,365.6,26.2,2.5, II: Executives of companies with fewer than 10 employees, and professions associated with intermediate degrees. Advanced technicians. Artists and Sportspersons,264.1,177.7,86.4,0.0,736.1,511.2,225.0,0.0,92.5,66.0,26.5,0.0,156.2,125.1,31.1,0.0,89.4,56.2,33.2,0.0,103.8,97.0,6.8,0.0,204.6,196.0,7.1,1.5,76.9,74.6,2.3,0.0,96.0,96.0,0.0,0.0,48.1,48.1,0.0,0.0,197.6,197.2,0.5,0.0,124.5,117.5,7.0,0.0,101.4,101.4,0.0,0.0,113.7,106.1,7.6,0.0,.,.,.,.,105.9,105.9,0.0,0.0,.,.,.,.,401.4,365.3,32.7,3.3, III: Administrative type employees and Administrative and financial support professionals. Personal services and Security workers. Freelance workers. Supervisors of manual workers,565.2,400.1,165.1,0.0,1,895.5,1,365.8,529.7,0.0,171.6,130.0,41.6,0.0,400.1,338.8,61.3,0.0,185.2,123.2,62.0,0.0,223.1,212.5,10.5,0.0,590.9,571.8,19.2,0.0,253.0,247.5,5.5,0.0,340.1,337.2,2.9,0.0,268.8,267.9,1.0,0.0,819.9,816.6,3.4,0.0,402.8,386.5,16.3,0.0,319.0,316.7,2.3,0.0,235.4,226.3,9.1,0.0,59.2,58.3,0.9,0.0,383.8,381.6,2.2,0.0,189.4,188.4,1.0,0.0,1,024.7,965.4,59.1,0.2, IVa: Skilled manual workers,743.4,548.3,193.3,1.7,2,220.8,1,716.4,493.5,10.8,253.9,208.3,41.3,4.3,449.4,398.2,49.6,1.6,221.9,158.5,58.8,4.6,270.5,254.3,8.9,7.2,789.1,775.4,13.8,0.0,243.4,234.4,7.4,1.6,476.5,474.6,1.9,0.0,272.6,269.1,3.5,0.0,950.3,939.8,10.5,0.0,551.9,536.7,15.2,0.0,433.7,431.5,2.3,0.0,263.7,243.4,20.3,0.0,68.2,67.1,1.1,0.0,479.6,474.3,4.9,0.5,264.0,262.0,2.0,0.0,1,057.3,1,002.6,54.3,0.4, IVb: Semi-skilled manual workers,345.1,259.1,86.0,0.0,1,213.2,923.1,282.3,7.8,101.8,93.3,8.4,0.0,260.5,203.7,56.8,0.0,112.5,81.8,30.6,0.0,148.0,138.9,9.1,0.0,413.7,395.0,15.7,2.9,140.5,138.4,2.1,0.0,196.9,196.4,0.5,0.0,153.8,151.7,0.2,1.8,463.6,456.9,4.9,1.8,296.5,271.1,24.5,0.9,252.8,251.8,1.0,0.0,154.2,149.0,5.2,0.0,.,.,.,.,237.4,236.1,1.3,0.0,132.8,131.7,1.1,0.0,603.5,571.5,32.0,0.0, V: Unskilled workers,357.4,284.7,72.7,0.0,1,256.8,989.0,266.1,1.7,133.9,117.3,16.6,0.0,210.1,184.2,26.0,0.0,119.9,100.4,19.5,0.0,155.2,149.5,5.7,0.0,420.4,406.5,13.9,0.0,129.5,128.1,1.4,0.0,288.7,287.0,1.7,0.0,205.2,204.2,1.0,0.0,649.9,648.6,1.3,0.0,321.7,314.8,6.9,0.0,270.8,260.6,10.2,0.0,127.7,119.5,2.2,6.0,.,.,.,.,264.7,260.2,4.5,0.0,196.7,191.2,5.4,0.0,649.8,606.5,43.3,0.0, No data recorded,54.0,33.0,21.0,0.0,239.5,192.0,47.5,0.0,19.9,12.8,7.1,0.0,43.4,35.1,8.3,0.0,19.7,14.8,4.9,0.0,19.1,16.5,2.6,0.0,106.7,106.5,0.2,0.0,23.2,23.2,0.0,0.0,60.3,56.1,2.1,2.1,47.2,47.2,0.0,0.0,146.1,144.3,1.8,0.0,57.8,53.7,4.2,0.0,46.4,46.4,0.0,0.0,22.9,19.8,3.1,0.0,12.1,10.0,2.1,0.0,76.9,76.0,0.9,0.0,41.0,40.1,1.0,0.0,113.0,107.2,5.8,0.0, Notes: .Data protected by statistical secrecy 1) Medicines for rheumatism, heart problems, blood pressure, digestive alterations, antidepressants, stimulants, lowering cholesterol levels and losing weight, only persons aged 16 years old and over are covered. Hormone medicines for menopause and contraceptive pills only covers females aged 16 years old and over. The symbol '.' shall be deemed as data which cannot be provided since it may be affected by sampling errors. The symbol '..' shall be deemed as data which is not collected. The symbol '...' shall be deemed as an 'error of division by zero'. Source: Ministry of Health and Consumption and INE