European Health Survey  
HEALTH EXPENDITURE
Expenditure on medicine prescribed by a doctor and consumed in the last 2 weeks, according to sex and age group. Average and standard deviation. Population aged 16 years old and over that has consumed medicine prescribed by a doctor in the last 2 weeks.
Units: average and standard deviation

	Average	Standard deviation	
Both sexes	
    Total	10.93	55.72	
    16 to 24 years old	10.12	18.95	
    25 to 34 years old	12.54	27.80	
    35 to 44 years old	14.96	44.86	
    45 to 54 years old	14.91	43.79	
    55 to 64 years old	10.70	22.86	
    65 to 74 years old	10.41	111.63	
    75 years old and over	2.82	33.43	
Male	
    Total	9.24	43.64	
    16 to 24 years old	10.35	20.96	
    25 to 34 years old	8.36	16.09	
    35 to 44 years old	13.83	55.41	
    45 to 54 years old	12.40	27.86	
    55 to 64 years old	9.82	19.42	
    65 to 74 years old	6.64	68.35	
    75 years old and over	3.68	47.83	
Female	
    Total	12.12	62.82	
    16 to 24 years old	9.99	17.77	
    25 to 34 years old	14.82	32.21	
    35 to 44 years old	15.79	35.07	
    45 to 54 years old	16.76	52.46	
    55 to 64 years old	11.39	25.23	
    65 to 74 years old	13.35	136.02	
    75 years old and over	2.25	18.36	
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