European Health Survey  
PREVENTATIVE PRACTICES
Time elapsed since the last fecal occult blood test, according to sex and age group. Population aged 16 years old and over that has had a fecal occult blood test at some point in time.
Units: thousands of persons

	Total	In the last 12 months	More than 1 year ago, but no more than 2 years ago	More than 2 years ago, but no more than 3 years ago	Over 3 years ago	No data recorded	
Both sexes	
    Total	2,574.2	603.3	370.3	326.0	1,254.5	20.1	
    16 to 24 years old	190.4	23.4	18.0	36.1	112.9	0.0	
    25 to 44 years old	766.4	167.3	122.7	101.3	373.1	2.0	
    45 to 64 years old	938.3	233.9	117.6	110.1	474.5	2.3	
    65 years old and over	679.1	178.7	112.0	78.5	294.1	15.9	
Male	
    Total	1,366.5	322.9	191.0	171.0	665.2	16.4	
    16 to 24 years old	100.5	14.5	6.1	16.5	63.4	0.0	
    25 to 44 years old	414.8	79.6	56.8	40.3	236.0	2.0	
    45 to 64 years old	522.8	144.6	66.2	72.2	237.6	2.3	
    65 years old and over	328.3	84.2	61.9	42.0	128.1	12.1	
Female	
    Total	1,207.7	280.4	179.2	155.0	589.3	3.8	
    16 to 24 years old	89.9	8.8	11.9	19.6	49.5	0.0	
    25 to 44 years old	351.5	87.7	65.9	60.9	137.1	0.0	
    45 to 64 years old	415.5	89.4	51.4	37.9	236.8	0.0	
    65 years old and over	350.8	94.5	50.1	36.5	166.0	3.8	
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