European Health Survey  
CHRONIC ILLNESSES
Degree of physical pain or discomfort in the last four weeks, according to sex, age group and educational level. Population aged 16 years old and over.
Units: percentage

	Total	Painless	Mild pain	Moderate pain	Intense pain	Extreme pain	
Both sexes	
    Total	
        Total	100.00	60.33	12.55	16.65	9.10	1.36	
        Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education	100.00	44.67	7.30	23.70	20.75	3.59	
        Complete primary education	100.00	58.96	10.94	18.05	10.41	1.63	
        Secondary education, 1st stage	100.00	63.87	13.60	14.51	7.13	0.89	
        Secondary education, 2nd stage	100.00	64.45	13.74	14.47	6.52	0.82	
        Advanced professional training or the equivalent	100.00	63.77	15.08	15.15	4.83	1.16	
        University education	100.00	65.02	15.60	14.48	4.48	0.42	
    16 to 44 years old	
        Total	100.00	67.32	14.15	12.91	4.86	0.76	
        Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education	100.00	63.53	10.16	15.30	7.74	3.28	
        Complete primary education	100.00	71.62	10.25	11.66	5.55	0.92	
        Secondary education, 1st stage	100.00	68.04	14.56	11.94	4.73	0.73	
        Secondary education, 2nd stage	100.00	67.51	13.74	12.80	5.33	0.61	
        Advanced professional training or the equivalent	100.00	64.15	15.93	14.38	4.37	1.17	
        University education	100.00	65.08	16.83	14.11	3.64	0.32	
    45 to 64 years old	
        Total	100.00	57.76	12.00	18.42	10.54	1.28	
        Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education	100.00	48.38	6.41	22.23	20.56	2.43	
        Complete primary education	100.00	56.54	11.75	18.58	11.49	1.65	
        Secondary education, 1st stage	100.00	55.05	11.07	21.69	11.16	1.02	
        Secondary education, 2nd stage	100.00	60.19	13.73	16.90	8.30	0.89	
        Advanced professional training or the equivalent	100.00	62.37	14.14	17.69	4.47	1.32	
        University education	100.00	64.84	14.42	14.32	5.85	0.58	
    65 years old and over	
        Total	100.00	46.08	9.26	23.70	17.92	3.05	
        Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education	100.00	39.71	7.11	25.83	23.25	4.10	
        Complete primary education	100.00	47.45	10.64	24.82	14.63	2.46	
        Secondary education, 1st stage	100.00	53.20	13.20	14.06	17.46	2.09	
        Secondary education, 2nd stage	100.00	53.76	13.73	19.87	10.20	2.44	
        Advanced professional training or the equivalent	100.00	65.41	5.39	13.70	15.50	0.00	
        University education	100.00	65.22	9.71	18.29	6.21	0.57	
Male	
    Total	
        Total	100.00	68.36	12.28	13.21	5.30	0.85	
        Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education	100.00	56.12	8.23	20.03	13.53	2.08	
        Complete primary education	100.00	67.50	10.62	14.57	6.19	1.11	
        Secondary education, 1st stage	100.00	71.71	14.02	10.03	3.69	0.55	
        Secondary education, 2nd stage	100.00	71.36	12.75	11.24	3.94	0.71	
        Advanced professional training or the equivalent	100.00	68.63	14.08	13.70	3.00	0.59	
        University education	100.00	70.42	14.15	12.45	2.76	0.22	
    16 to 44 years old	
        Total	100.00	72.99	13.35	10.20	2.86	0.60	
        Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education	100.00	69.00	6.68	13.87	7.68	2.78	
        Complete primary education	100.00	75.76	9.08	10.96	3.40	0.81	
        Secondary education, 1st stage	100.00	74.17	15.64	7.42	2.14	0.63	
        Secondary education, 2nd stage	100.00	73.37	12.81	9.87	3.37	0.58	
        Advanced professional training or the equivalent	100.00	68.23	14.50	13.21	3.66	0.39	
        University education	100.00	71.08	15.80	11.86	1.24	0.02	
    45 to 64 years old	
        Total	100.00	65.92	11.58	15.13	6.62	0.75	
        Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education	100.00	59.89	6.66	18.07	14.01	1.37	
        Complete primary education	100.00	65.03	12.11	14.87	7.20	0.79	
        Secondary education, 1st stage	100.00	64.82	9.89	18.29	6.85	0.15	
        Secondary education, 2nd stage	100.00	68.40	11.98	13.79	4.89	0.94	
        Advanced professional training or the equivalent	100.00	68.33	14.31	14.94	1.22	1.19	
        University education	100.00	68.58	13.51	12.45	5.00	0.46	
    65 years old and over	
        Total	100.00	58.20	10.17	19.25	10.58	1.80	
        Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education	100.00	50.53	9.44	22.78	15.02	2.22	
        Complete primary education	100.00	57.99	10.78	19.96	9.15	2.11	
        Secondary education, 1st stage	100.00	67.88	10.17	10.59	10.34	1.02	
        Secondary education, 2nd stage	100.00	65.05	15.06	13.55	5.29	1.05	
        Advanced professional training or the equivalent	100.00	75.40	7.41	13.38	3.81	0.00	
        University education	100.00	72.85	6.65	15.88	4.10	0.53	
Female	
    Total	
        Total	100.00	52.62	12.82	19.96	12.75	1.85	
        Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education	100.00	36.71	6.65	26.24	25.76	4.63	
        Complete primary education	100.00	50.33	11.27	21.57	14.68	2.16	
        Secondary education, 1st stage	100.00	55.47	13.15	19.32	10.81	1.25	
        Secondary education, 2nd stage	100.00	57.55	14.72	17.70	9.10	0.92	
        Advanced professional training or the equivalent	100.00	57.59	16.36	17.00	7.17	1.88	
        University education	100.00	60.11	16.92	16.33	6.04	0.60	
    16 to 44 years old	
        Total	100.00	61.36	14.99	15.77	6.96	0.93	
        Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education	100.00	56.18	14.83	17.23	7.82	3.94	
        Complete primary education	100.00	65.66	11.94	12.67	8.64	1.08	
        Secondary education, 1st stage	100.00	60.88	13.30	17.21	7.76	0.84	
        Secondary education, 2nd stage	100.00	61.62	14.68	15.75	7.31	0.64	
        Advanced professional training or the equivalent	100.00	59.66	17.50	15.67	5.15	2.01	
        University education	100.00	60.56	17.62	15.81	5.46	0.55	
    45 to 64 years old	
        Total	100.00	49.83	12.41	21.61	14.35	1.80	
        Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education	100.00	38.97	6.21	25.62	25.90	3.30	
        Complete primary education	100.00	48.58	11.41	22.06	15.50	2.45	
        Secondary education, 1st stage	100.00	46.79	12.07	24.57	14.80	1.76	
        Secondary education, 2nd stage	100.00	52.46	15.38	19.82	11.50	0.84	
        Advanced professional training or the equivalent	100.00	51.76	13.84	22.58	10.26	1.56	
        University education	100.00	60.52	15.46	16.48	6.82	0.72	
    65 years old and over	
        Total	100.00	36.98	8.57	27.04	23.43	3.98	
        Cannot read or write, or incomplete primary education	100.00	33.52	5.78	27.58	27.96	5.17	
        Complete primary education	100.00	39.63	10.53	28.42	18.71	2.72	
        Secondary education, 1st stage	100.00	37.25	16.49	17.82	25.20	3.24	
        Secondary education, 2nd stage	100.00	40.47	12.17	27.32	15.98	4.06	
        Advanced professional training or the equivalent	100.00	..	..	..	..	..	
        University education	100.00	52.06	15.00	22.45	9.85	0.65	
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