European Health Survey MEDICINE CONSUMPTION Consumption of unprescribed medicine (self-medication) in the last 2 weeks, according to sex, age group and educational level. Population aged 16 years old and over Units: thousands of persons Total Yes No No data recorded Both sexes Total Total 38,442.1 6,096.1 32,320.5 25.6 Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education 5,505.6 361.6 5,134.7 9.3 Complete primary education 8,633.7 950.5 7,680.0 3.2 Secondary education, 1st stage 6,972.5 1,163.9 5,805.7 2.8 Secondary education, 2nd stage 8,509.4 1,527.9 6,976.4 5.1 Advanced professional training or the equivalent 2,245.1 485.0 1,755.4 4.7 University education 6,540.5 1,593.9 4,946.2 0.4 No data recorded 35.3 13.1 22.2 0.0 16 to 44 years old Total 19,529.4 3,831.1 15,688.0 10.2 Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education 649.6 40.7 608.9 0.0 Complete primary education 2,841.8 396.4 2,445.4 0.0 Secondary education, 1st stage 4,793.9 865.9 3,928.1 0.0 Secondary education, 2nd stage 5,481.7 1,042.7 4,433.9 5.1 Advanced professional training or the equivalent 1,615.2 368.3 1,242.2 4.7 University education 4,140.2 1,111.1 3,028.7 0.4 No data recorded 7.0 .. .. .. 45 to 64 years old Total 11,357.5 1,662.0 9,692.7 2.8 Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education 1,355.7 109.0 1,246.8 0.0 Complete primary education 3,362.8 365.1 2,997.7 0.0 Secondary education, 1st stage 1,748.3 257.0 1,488.4 2.8 Secondary education, 2nd stage 2,419.3 404.4 2,014.9 0.0 Advanced professional training or the equivalent 541.5 111.8 429.6 0.0 University education 1,918.4 407.4 1,510.9 0.0 No data recorded 11.5 .. .. .. 65 years old and over Total 7,555.2 603.0 6,939.7 12.5 Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education 3,500.2 212.0 3,279.0 9.3 Complete primary education 2,429.2 189.0 2,237.0 3.2 Secondary education, 1st stage 430.3 41.0 389.2 0.0 Secondary education, 2nd stage 608.4 80.7 527.6 0.0 Advanced professional training or the equivalent 88.4 4.9 83.5 0.0 University education 482.0 75.4 406.5 0.0 No data recorded 16.8 .. .. .. Male Total Total 18,843.0 2,641.3 16,193.3 8.3 Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education 2,254.4 121.1 2,133.2 0.0 Complete primary education 4,337.2 384.3 3,949.7 3.2 Secondary education, 1st stage 3,606.4 521.6 3,084.8 0.0 Secondary education, 2nd stage 4,251.0 645.8 3,600.1 5.1 Advanced professional training or the equivalent 1,256.1 257.9 998.3 0.0 University education 3,114.2 697.5 2,416.7 0.0 No data recorded 23.8 .. .. .. 16 to 44 years old Total 10,013.1 1,712.3 8,295.7 5.1 Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education 372.9 23.6 349.3 0.0 Complete primary education 1,675.6 210.4 1,465.2 0.0 Secondary education, 1st stage 2,582.3 405.8 2,176.6 0.0 Secondary education, 2nd stage 2,749.2 432.5 2,311.6 5.1 Advanced professional training or the equivalent 845.5 181.7 663.8 0.0 University education 1,780.5 452.2 1,328.3 0.0 No data recorded 7.0 .. .. .. 45 to 64 years old Total 5,594.6 716.0 4,878.6 0.0 Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education 609.8 31.5 578.2 0.0 Complete primary education 1,625.8 112.3 1,513.5 0.0 Secondary education, 1st stage 800.4 104.0 696.5 0.0 Secondary education, 2nd stage 1,173.0 182.4 990.6 0.0 Advanced professional training or the equivalent 346.3 71.3 275.0 0.0 University education 1,028.9 207.4 821.5 0.0 No data recorded 10.5 .. .. .. 65 years old and over Total 3,235.3 213.1 3,019.0 3.2 Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education 1,271.7 66.0 1,205.7 0.0 Complete primary education 1,035.8 61.5 971.0 3.2 Secondary education, 1st stage 223.6 11.9 211.7 0.0 Secondary education, 2nd stage 328.8 30.9 297.9 0.0 Advanced professional training or the equivalent 64.3 4.9 59.4 0.0 University education 304.8 37.8 267.0 0.0 No data recorded 6.4 .. .. .. Female Total Total 19,599.1 3,454.7 16,127.2 17.2 Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education 3,251.2 240.5 3,001.5 9.3 Complete primary education 4,296.6 566.3 3,730.3 0.0 Secondary education, 1st stage 3,366.1 642.3 2,721.0 2.8 Secondary education, 2nd stage 4,258.5 882.1 3,376.4 0.0 Advanced professional training or the equivalent 988.9 227.2 757.1 4.7 University education 3,426.3 896.4 2,529.5 0.4 No data recorded 11.5 .. .. .. 16 to 44 years old Total 9,516.3 2,118.8 7,392.4 5.1 Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education 276.7 17.1 259.6 0.0 Complete primary education 1,166.1 186.0 980.2 0.0 Secondary education, 1st stage 2,211.6 460.1 1,751.5 0.0 Secondary education, 2nd stage 2,732.5 610.2 2,122.3 0.0 Advanced professional training or the equivalent 769.7 186.6 578.4 4.7 University education 2,359.7 658.8 1,700.4 0.4 No data recorded 0.0 .. .. .. 45 to 64 years old Total 5,762.9 946.0 4,814.1 2.8 Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education 746.0 77.4 668.5 0.0 Complete primary education 1,737.0 252.9 1,484.2 0.0 Secondary education, 1st stage 947.9 153.1 792.0 2.8 Secondary education, 2nd stage 1,246.3 222.1 1,024.3 0.0 Advanced professional training or the equivalent 195.2 40.6 154.6 0.0 University education 889.5 200.0 689.5 0.0 No data recorded 1.1 .. .. .. 65 years old and over Total 4,319.9 390.0 3,920.7 9.3 Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education 2,228.6 146.0 2,073.3 9.3 Complete primary education 1,393.4 127.4 1,266.0 0.0 Secondary education, 1st stage 206.6 29.1 177.5 0.0 Secondary education, 2nd stage 279.6 49.8 229.7 0.0 Advanced professional training or the equivalent 24.1 .. .. .. University education 177.2 37.6 139.6 0.0 No data recorded 10.5 .. .. .. Notes: 1) This includes medicine, dietary supplements, medicinal herbs and vitamins. 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