European Health Survey  
PREVENTATIVE PRACTICES
Time elapsed since the last fecal occult blood test, according to sex and educational level. 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	
    Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education	405.5	125.0	58.5	38.3	173.7	10.0	
    Complete primary education	529.9	134.7	83.7	57.8	252.8	0.9	
    Secondary education, 1st stage	450.3	82.9	38.6	71.9	249.6	7.3	
    Secondary education, 2nd stage	557.6	124.7	85.3	85.0	260.7	2.0	
    Advanced professional training or the equivalent	154.6	44.4	26.5	13.5	70.3	0.0	
    University education	473.5	91.6	76.8	59.5	245.6	0.0	
    No data recorded	2.8	..	..	..	..	..	
Male	
    Total	1,366.5	322.9	191.0	171.0	665.2	16.4	
    Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education	176.0	65.3	33.2	16.2	54.7	6.7	
    Complete primary education	265.2	72.7	30.8	28.9	132.5	0.4	
    Secondary education, 1st stage	236.4	42.0	21.6	53.9	111.6	7.3	
    Secondary education, 2nd stage	320.1	70.9	42.5	34.3	170.4	2.0	
    Advanced professional training or the equivalent	98.3	30.2	20.8	6.6	40.7	0.0	
    University education	267.6	41.8	41.2	31.1	153.5	0.0	
    No data recorded	2.8	..	..	..	..	..	
Female	
    Total	1,207.7	280.4	179.2	155.0	589.3	3.8	
    Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education	229.5	59.7	25.4	22.2	119.0	3.2	
    Complete primary education	264.7	62.0	52.9	28.9	120.3	0.5	
    Secondary education, 1st stage	213.8	40.9	17.0	17.9	138.0	0.0	
    Secondary education, 2nd stage	237.6	53.7	42.8	50.7	90.3	0.0	
    Advanced professional training or the equivalent	56.3	14.2	5.6	6.9	29.6	0.0	
    University education	205.8	49.8	35.6	28.4	92.1	0.0	
    No data recorded	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