European Health Survey PREVENTATIVE PRACTICES Time elapsed since the last cholesterol test, according to sex and country of birth. Population aged 16 years old and over that has had cholesterol tested at some point in time Units: percentage Total In the last 12 months More than 1 year ago, but no more than 5 years ago Over 5 years ago Both sexes Total 100.00 74.03 23.58 2.39 Spain 100.00 75.09 22.66 2.25 Abroad 100.00 66.79 29.83 3.37 Male Total 100.00 73.23 24.06 2.72 Spain 100.00 74.34 23.17 2.49 Abroad 100.00 65.40 30.28 4.32 Female Total 100.00 74.78 23.13 2.08 Spain 100.00 75.80 22.18 2.02 Abroad 100.00 68.04 29.43 2.53 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