Health care. Absolute figures
Type of drug consumed in the last 2 weeks by prescription or non-prescription by sex and country of birth. Population that has consumed drugs in the last 2 weeks
Units: thousands of persons

,Drugs for coughing, flu, throat, bronchi,,,,Drugs for pain,,,,Drugs for reducing fever,,,,Revitalizers (vitamines, minerals, tonics),,,,Laxatives,,,,Antibiotic,,,,Tranquilizer, sedatives, pills for sleeping,,,,Drugs for asthma,,,,Drugs for allergies,,,,Drugs for rheumatism,,,,Drugs for the heart,,,,Drugs for blood pressure,,,,Drugs for the stomach and/or digestive disorder,,,,Antidepressant, stimulants,,,,Birth control pills,,,,Hormones for menopause,,,,Drugs for reducing cholesterol,,,,Drugs for diabetes,,,,Drugs for the thyroid gland,,,,Other drugs,,,,
,Total,Prescribed,Non prescribed,No data recorded,Total,Prescribed,Non prescribed,No data recorded,Total,Prescribed,Non prescribed,No data recorded,Total,Prescribed,Non prescribed,No data recorded,Total,Prescribed,Non prescribed,No data recorded,Total,Prescribed,Non prescribed,No data recorded,Total,Prescribed,Non prescribed,No data recorded,Total,Prescribed,Non prescribed,No data recorded,Total,Prescribed,Non prescribed,No data recorded,Total,Prescribed,Non prescribed,No data recorded,Total,Prescribed,Non prescribed,No data recorded,Total,Prescribed,Non prescribed,No data recorded,Total,Prescribed,Non prescribed,No data recorded,Total,Prescribed,Non prescribed,No data recorded,Total,Prescribed,Non prescribed,No data recorded,Total,Prescribed,Non prescribed,No data recorded,Total,Prescribed,Non prescribed,No data recorded,Total,Prescribed,Non prescribed,No data recorded,Total,Prescribed,Non prescribed,No data recorded,Total,Prescribed,Non prescribed,No data recorded,
BOTH SEXES,
    Total,5,222.7,3,464.8,1,753.9,3.9,12,587.2,9,088.9,3,479.3,19.1,1,419.6,1,089.0,329.2,1.4,2,114.0,1,550.4,563.6,0.0,736.1,618.3,117.8,0.0,1,843.6,1,762.8,80.8,0.0,4,335.0,4,187.1,145.6,2.3,139.4,136.3,3.1,0.0,1,410.8,1,343.5,64.4,2.9,1,462.5,1,456.0,6.4,0.0,2,040.7,2,034.9,0.0,5.8,6,543.1,6,528.4,12.3,2.4,4,531.4,4,351.7,179.7,0.0,1,643.8,1,643.0,0.8,0.0,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,4,235.2,4,220.6,5.4,9.2,2,197.5,2,194.5,0.0,2.9,1,342.9,1,337.1,5.8,0.0,6,320.9,6,009.7,276.1,35.0,
    Spain,4,637.8,3,133.9,1,499.9,3.9,11,122.9,8,151.9,2,956.8,14.2,1,300.2,1,012.3,286.5,1.4,1,788.6,1,350.2,438.4,0.0,696.7,582.6,114.1,0.0,1,602.9,1,555.1,47.8,0.0,3,960.5,3,838.5,120.6,1.3,134.2,131.1,3.1,0.0,1,267.2,1,213.1,51.2,2.9,1,402.6,1,400.8,1.8,0.0,1,927.7,1,921.9,0.0,5.8,6,140.2,6,129.1,8.7,2.4,4,216.5,4,047.0,169.5,0.0,1,548.2,1,547.4,0.8,0.0,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,3,930.4,3,918.9,5.4,6.1,2,065.4,2,062.5,0.0,2.9,1,200.5,1,198.0,2.5,0.0,5,766.7,5,496.5,242.0,28.3,
    Abroad,584.9,330.9,254.0,0.0,1,464.3,937.0,522.5,4.8,119.4,76.8,42.7,0.0,325.4,200.2,125.2,0.0,39.4,.,.,.,240.7,207.7,33.0,0.0,374.5,348.6,24.9,1.0,5.2,.,.,.,143.6,130.4,13.2,0.0,59.9,.,.,.,113.1,113.1,0.0,0.0,402.9,399.3,3.6,0.0,314.9,304.7,10.2,0.0,95.6,95.6,0.0,0.0,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,304.8,301.7,0.0,3.1,132.0,132.0,0.0,0.0,142.4,139.1,3.3,0.0,554.2,513.3,34.1,6.8,
MALES,
    Total,2,546.7,1,589.7,954.2,2.7,4,537.7,3,063.9,1,464.8,9.1,707.2,522.5,184.7,0.0,584.3,347.0,237.3,0.0,198.4,173.7,24.7,0.0,805.5,769.2,36.3,0.0,1,298.1,1,241.3,55.7,1.0,85.5,83.8,1.8,0.0,598.7,570.2,28.5,0.0,320.8,320.8,0.0,0.0,1,093.3,1,087.4,0.0,5.8,2,958.4,2,954.8,3.6,0.0,1,957.4,1,834.3,123.1,0.0,307.5,307.5,0.0,0.0,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,1,985.8,1,979.7,3.0,3.1,1,109.5,1,109.5,0.0,0.0,152.0,152.0,0.0,0.0,2,884.2,2,779.2,99.7,5.2,
    Spain,2,231.3,1,437.1,791.5,2.7,4,014.4,2,750.0,1,255.3,9.1,653.0,493.0,160.0,0.0,529.2,322.1,207.1,0.0,184.7,160.1,24.7,0.0,685.3,658.9,26.4,0.0,1,156.1,1,106.4,49.8,0.0,83.4,81.7,1.8,0.0,523.4,500.0,23.4,0.0,314.7,314.7,0.0,0.0,1,026.5,1,020.7,0.0,5.8,2,776.3,2,776.3,0.0,0.0,1,819.0,1,703.2,115.8,0.0,277.9,277.9,0.0,0.0,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,1,833.7,1,827.6,3.0,3.1,1,052.9,1,052.9,0.0,0.0,137.0,137.0,0.0,0.0,2,664.0,2,564.5,94.3,5.2,
    Abroad,315.4,152.6,162.8,0.0,523.4,313.9,209.5,0.0,54.2,.,.,.,55.1,.,.,.,13.6,.,.,.,120.2,110.2,9.9,0.0,141.9,135.0,5.9,1.0,2.1,.,.,.,75.3,.,.,.,6.2,.,.,.,66.7,.,.,.,182.2,178.6,3.6,0.0,138.4,131.2,7.3,0.0,29.6,.,.,.,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,..,152.1,152.1,0.0,0.0,56.6,.,.,.,15.0,.,.,.,220.1,214.8,5.4,0.0,
FEMALES,
    Total,2,676.0,1,875.1,799.7,1.2,8,049.5,6,025.0,2,014.5,10.0,712.4,566.5,144.5,1.4,1,529.7,1,203.5,326.3,0.0,537.8,444.6,93.2,0.0,1,038.1,993.7,44.5,0.0,3,036.9,2,945.8,89.9,1.3,53.8,52.5,1.3,0.0,812.1,773.3,35.9,2.9,1,141.7,1,135.2,6.4,0.0,947.5,947.5,0.0,0.0,3,584.6,3,573.6,8.7,2.4,2,574.0,2,517.4,56.6,0.0,1,336.3,1,335.5,0.8,0.0,694.9,633.1,59.5,2.3,101.3,95.5,5.8,0.0,2,249.3,2,240.9,2.4,6.1,1,087.9,1,085.0,0.0,2.9,1,190.9,1,185.1,5.8,0.0,3,436.7,3,230.5,176.4,29.8,
    Spain,2,406.5,1,696.9,708.5,1.2,7,108.5,5,401.9,1,701.5,5.2,647.2,519.2,126.5,1.4,1,259.4,1,028.1,231.3,0.0,512.0,422.5,89.5,0.0,917.6,896.1,21.5,0.0,2,804.3,2,732.2,70.9,1.3,50.7,49.4,1.3,0.0,743.8,713.0,27.9,2.9,1,087.9,1,086.2,1.8,0.0,901.2,901.2,0.0,0.0,3,363.9,3,352.9,8.7,2.4,2,397.5,2,343.8,53.7,0.0,1,270.3,1,269.5,0.8,0.0,552.0,515.9,33.8,2.3,88.9,85.3,3.6,0.0,2,096.6,2,091.2,2.4,2.9,1,012.6,1,009.6,0.0,2.9,1,063.5,1,060.9,2.5,0.0,3,102.7,2,932.0,147.7,23.0,
    Abroad,269.5,178.2,91.2,0.0,940.9,623.1,313.0,4.8,65.2,.,.,.,270.3,175.3,95.0,0.0,25.8,.,.,.,120.5,97.5,23.0,0.0,232.6,213.6,19.0,0.0,3.1,.,.,.,68.3,60.3,8.1,0.0,53.7,.,.,.,46.3,.,.,.,220.7,220.7,0.0,0.0,176.5,173.5,3.0,0.0,66.0,.,.,.,142.9,117.2,25.7,0.0,12.4,.,.,.,152.7,149.6,0.0,3.1,75.4,.,.,.,127.5,124.2,3.3,0.0,334.0,298.5,28.7,6.8,
Notes:

.Data protected by statistical secrecy

1) Drugs for rheumatism, heart, blood pressure, digestive disorders, antidepressants, stimulants, for reducing cholesterol and for the thyroid gland are only compiled for persons aged 15 years old and over.
 Hormone drugs for menopause and birth control pills are only compiled for women aged 15 years old and over.
 Drugs for asthma are only compiled for children aged 0 to 14 years old.
The symbol '.' shall be deemed as data which cannot be given due to an insufficient sample.
 The symbol '..' shall be deemed as data which are not collected for this classification in the table.
 The symbol '...' shall be deemed as an 'error of division by zero.
 The data corresponding to cells with fewer than 35 thousand persons must be considered with caution,  as they may be affected by a high degree of sampling error.
Source: Ministry of Public Health, Social Services and Equality and INE