Lifestyles and preventive practices. Absolute figures 
Time since the last cholesterol test, by sex and age group. Population aged 16 years old and over that has had cholesterol tested at some point in time
Units: thousands of persons

	Total	Less than 3 months	Between 3 and 5 months	Between 6 months and one year	Between 1 and 3 years	More than 3 years	Does not know / Does not answer	
BOTH SEXES	
    Total	29,544.4	8,464.1	4,369.9	8,624.0	5,467.2	1,380.1	1,239.2	
    16 to 24 years of age	2,226.5	422.2	320.2	602.1	612.3	155.5	114.1	
    25 to 34 years of age	5,429.5	1,257.2	773.7	1,704.0	1,182.7	324.6	187.3	
    35 to 44 years of age	5,831.6	1,297.0	759.6	1,814.3	1,356.2	351.2	253.3	
    45 to 54 years of age	5,066.7	1,325.8	733.1	1,681.8	883.7	252.8	189.6	
    55 to 64 years of age	4,279.5	1,471.8	679.0	1,198.6	639.9	120.4	169.7	
    65 to 74 years of age	3,561.2	1,371.6	607.4	932.7	424.2	101.1	124.3	
    75 years old and over	3,149.5	1,318.5	496.9	690.5	368.0	74.6	200.9	
MALES	
    Total	14,179.1	3,958.1	2,049.7	4,289.0	2,536.9	728.3	617.0	
    16 to 24 years of age	1,068.0	182.9	138.6	291.6	295.9	103.4	55.6	
    25 to 34 years of age	2,755.4	563.0	417.0	926.5	563.6	175.4	110.0	
    35 to 44 years of age	2,937.5	669.8	379.2	960.3	628.3	169.9	130.0	
    45 to 54 years of age	2,515.4	664.4	334.1	875.0	397.6	136.4	107.9	
    55 to 64 years of age	2,060.1	736.5	298.2	575.6	308.2	59.4	82.1	
    65 to 74 years of age	1,535.1	599.5	260.2	399.1	191.5	41.3	43.4	
    75 years old and over	1,307.5	541.9	222.3	260.9	151.8	42.5	88.1	
FEMALES	
    Total	15,365.4	4,505.9	2,320.3	4,335.0	2,930.2	651.8	622.2	
    16 to 24 years of age	1,158.5	239.3	181.6	310.6	316.4	52.1	58.5	
    25 to 34 years of age	2,674.0	694.2	356.7	777.5	619.1	149.2	77.4	
    35 to 44 years of age	2,894.1	627.2	380.4	854.0	727.9	181.3	123.3	
    45 to 54 years of age	2,551.3	661.4	399.0	806.8	486.1	116.3	81.7	
    55 to 64 years of age	2,219.4	735.3	380.8	623.1	331.7	61.0	87.6	
    65 to 74 years of age	2,026.1	772.1	347.2	533.6	232.7	59.8	80.8	
    75 years old and over	1,841.9	776.6	274.6	429.6	216.2	32.1	112.8	
Notes:
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