European Health Survey  
VISITS TO THE SPECIALIST
Main reason for not going to the specialist when needed, in the last 12 months, according to sex and Autonomous Community. Population that needed to see a specialist in the last 12 months and did not do so
Units: thousands of persons

	Total	Could not afford it (expensive, not covered by insurance)	Wait listed, without a referral	Did not have time (due to work, caring for children or other persons)	Too far away, without means of transport	Fear of doctors, hospitals, treatment, etc.	Decided to wait and see if there was improvement	Did not know any good specialist	Other reasons	No data recorded	
Both sexes	
    Total	4,987.4	220.8	1,036.5	1,440.9	50.3	258.9	1,089.3	83.5	804.0	3.3	
    Andaluc¡a	739.3	30.3	163.9	188.2	17.4	58.8	125.8	18.6	136.3	0.0	
    Arag¢n	77.4	3.1	16.4	22.6	0.0	6.4	9.9	0.0	19.1	0.0	
    Asturias (Principado de)	91.9	1.9	16.1	19.7	0.0	2.9	35.6	4.9	10.8	0.0	
    Balears (Illes)	74.3	7.4	18.7	13.0	0.0	6.3	16.1	1.0	11.8	0.0	
    Canarias	265.9	44.5	81.9	31.9	5.2	13.7	62.0	3.1	23.7	0.0	
    Cantabria	43.2	3.3	18.2	6.7	0.0	4.2	4.0	1.9	5.0	0.0	
    Castilla y Le¢n	218.9	1.4	46.4	46.5	0.0	9.0	79.6	0.0	36.0	0.0	
    Castilla-La Mancha	236.9	6.1	21.1	78.6	1.8	16.5	84.0	5.6	23.1	0.0	
    Catalu¤a	782.8	34.1	137.2	309.7	8.2	34.1	109.7	10.3	136.9	2.5	
    Comunitat Valenciana	412.1	20.6	110.2	89.6	2.0	14.5	116.2	6.4	52.8	0.0	
    Extremadura	146.6	3.8	31.8	29.1	1.0	14.9	21.5	0.7	43.8	0.0	
    Galicia	323.5	2.4	115.6	65.8	2.3	14.9	60.5	4.4	57.6	0.0	
    Madrid (Comunidad de)	1,088.4	50.7	192.0	404.5	10.8	24.2	226.0	21.6	158.6	0.0	
    Murcia (Regi¢n de)	164.1	5.7	24.0	62.5	0.5	13.3	30.9	1.6	25.5	0.0	
    Navarra (Comunidad Foral de)	7.4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	
    Pa¡s Vasco	261.3	4.6	28.9	59.1	0.8	16.5	92.0	3.0	55.5	0.8	
    Rioja (La)	37.1	0.6	7.7	8.7	0.0	7.5	9.8	0.4	2.4	0.0	
    Ceuta (Ciudad Aut¢noma de)	1.4	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	
    Melilla (Ciudad Aut¢noma de)	14.9	0.3	3.2	4.6	0.0	1.4	3.6	0.1	1.8	0.0	
Male	
    Total	2,012.2	71.1	363.8	625.4	12.2	103.1	477.5	48.4	309.9	0.8	
    Andaluc¡a	302.3	19.1	54.8	81.2	2.5	23.2	58.4	9.4	53.6	0.0	
    Arag¢n	23.5	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	
    Asturias (Principado de)	39.6	1.9	7.6	6.5	0.0	0.7	14.5	3.7	4.7	0.0	
    Balears (Illes)	27.1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	
    Canarias	119.8	20.0	38.0	17.1	4.0	3.4	21.5	0.0	15.9	0.0	
    Cantabria	19.2	0.0	7.3	2.2	0.0	3.4	2.4	1.3	2.5	0.0	
    Castilla y Le¢n	90.5	0.5	20.9	23.1	0.0	2.5	28.0	0.0	15.5	0.0	
    Castilla-La Mancha	104.7	0.0	10.9	40.9	0.0	7.2	36.6	3.4	5.7	0.0	
    Catalu¤a	314.8	11.4	52.8	123.7	0.0	21.9	54.8	5.6	44.5	0.0	
    Comunitat Valenciana	150.0	0.0	28.4	41.0	0.0	3.8	52.4	3.3	21.1	0.0	
    Extremadura	60.9	0.8	14.9	7.6	0.0	3.0	12.6	0.7	21.2	0.0	
    Galicia	125.9	0.0	44.9	29.1	1.1	2.9	19.4	4.4	24.1	0.0	
    Madrid (Comunidad de)	428.1	12.6	56.9	179.7	4.6	12.0	91.0	13.1	58.3	0.0	
    Murcia (Regi¢n de)	65.8	1.1	3.3	30.3	0.0	7.6	19.1	0.0	4.4	0.0	
    Navarra (Comunidad Foral de)	2.6	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	
    Pa¡s Vasco	117.4	2.0	11.0	24.3	0.0	6.0	42.6	3.0	27.7	0.8	
    Rioja (La)	13.7	0.0	2.0	2.7	0.0	2.6	5.1	0.4	0.8	0.0	
    Ceuta (Ciudad Aut¢noma de)	0.3	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	
    Melilla (Ciudad Aut¢noma de)	6.1	0.0	1.2	1.8	0.0	0.5	2.3	0.0	0.3	0.0	
Female	
    Total	2,975.2	149.7	672.6	815.5	38.1	155.8	611.8	35.2	494.1	2.5	
    Andaluc¡a	437.0	11.2	109.1	107.0	14.9	35.6	67.4	9.1	82.7	0.0	
    Arag¢n	54.0	3.1	12.3	15.6	0.0	6.4	2.7	0.0	13.9	0.0	
    Asturias (Principado de)	52.3	0.0	8.5	13.2	0.0	2.2	21.1	1.2	6.1	0.0	
    Balears (Illes)	47.2	5.8	14.2	5.8	0.0	4.0	6.8	1.0	9.7	0.0	
    Canarias	146.1	24.5	43.9	14.8	1.2	10.3	40.5	3.1	7.8	0.0	
    Cantabria	24.1	3.3	10.8	4.4	0.0	0.8	1.6	0.6	2.4	0.0	
    Castilla y Le¢n	128.4	0.9	25.5	23.4	0.0	6.5	51.6	0.0	20.6	0.0	
    Castilla-La Mancha	132.1	6.1	10.3	37.7	1.8	9.2	47.4	2.2	17.5	0.0	
    Catalu¤a	468.0	22.7	84.4	186.0	8.2	12.2	55.0	4.6	92.4	2.5	
    Comunitat Valenciana	262.2	20.6	81.7	48.6	2.0	10.7	63.8	3.1	31.7	0.0	
    Extremadura	85.6	2.9	16.9	21.5	1.0	11.9	8.8	0.0	22.6	0.0	
    Galicia	197.7	2.4	70.7	36.7	1.2	12.0	41.1	0.0	33.5	0.0	
    Madrid (Comunidad de)	660.3	38.1	135.1	224.8	6.2	12.2	135.0	8.5	100.3	0.0	
    Murcia (Regi¢n de)	98.3	4.6	20.8	32.2	0.5	5.7	11.8	1.6	21.1	0.0	
    Navarra (Comunidad Foral de)	4.8	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	
    Pa¡s Vasco	143.9	2.6	18.0	34.7	0.8	10.5	49.4	0.0	27.8	0.0	
    Rioja (La)	23.4	0.6	5.6	6.0	0.0	4.8	4.8	0.0	1.6	0.0	
    Ceuta (Ciudad Aut¢noma de)	1.1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	
    Melilla (Ciudad Aut¢noma de)	8.9	0.3	2.0	2.8	0.0	0.8	1.3	0.1	1.5	0.0	
Notes:
The symbol '.' shall be deemed as data which is not collected
 The symbol '..' shall be deemed as data which cannot be given due to an insufficient sample
 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: National Statistics Institute