European Health Survey MEDICINE CONSUMPTION Type of medicine taken in the last 2 weeks according to if it had been prescribed or not. Population aged 15 years old and over that had take medicines in the last 2 weeks. Units: percentage Medicines for coughing, flu, throat, bronchi Medicines for pain Medicines to lower fever Tonics (vitamins, minerals, stimulants) Laxatives Antibiotics Tranquilizers, sedatives, pills for sleeping Medicines for allergies Medicines for rheumatism Medicines for heart problems Medicines for blood pressure Medicines for the stomach and/or digestive disorders Antidepressants, stimulants Contraceptive pills Hormones for menopause Medicines for cholesterol Medicines for diabetes Medicines for the thyroid gland Other medicines TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed TOTAL Prescribed Unprescribed Both sexes TOTAL 100.00 57.43 42.57 100.00 66.67 33.33 100.00 72.33 27.67 100.00 62.09 37.91 100.00 73.06 26.94 100.00 95.73 4.27 100.00 96.60 3.40 100.00 96.26 3.74 100.00 98.75 1.25 100.00 100.00 0.00 100.00 99.86 0.14 100.00 94.13 5.87 100.00 99.84 0.16 .. .. .. .. .. .. 100.00 99.63 0.37 100.00 99.96 0.04 100.00 99.45 0.55 100.00 92.36 7.64 From 15 to 24 years old 100.00 51.39 48.61 100.00 38.62 61.38 100.00 71.09 28.91 100.00 46.81 53.19 100.00 . . 100.00 94.98 5.02 100.00 76.58 23.42 100.00 91.69 8.31 100.00 . . 100.00 . . 100.00 . . 100.00 79.77 20.23 100.00 . . .. .. .. .. .. .. 100.00 . . 100.00 . . 100.00 . . 100.00 80.60 19.40 From 25 to 44 years old 100.00 45.57 54.43 100.00 48.79 51.21 100.00 64.73 35.27 100.00 55.36 44.64 100.00 51.85 48.15 100.00 94.68 5.32 100.00 93.40 6.60 100.00 95.59 4.41 100.00 96.98 3.02 100.00 . . 100.00 100.00 0.00 100.00 80.81 19.19 100.00 100.00 0.00 .. .. .. .. .. .. 100.00 97.14 2.86 100.00 100.00 0.00 100.00 98.56 1.44 100.00 84.88 15.12 From 45 to 64 years old 100.00 54.41 45.59 100.00 69.42 30.58 100.00 73.15 26.85 100.00 56.89 43.11 100.00 59.29 40.71 100.00 94.78 5.22 100.00 96.43 3.57 100.00 97.06 2.94 100.00 98.49 1.51 100.00 100.00 0.00 100.00 99.73 0.27 100.00 93.18 6.82 100.00 99.63 0.37 .. .. .. .. .. .. 100.00 99.83 0.17 100.00 99.89 0.11 100.00 99.80 0.20 100.00 93.11 6.89 Aged 65 years old and over 100.00 82.72 17.28 100.00 92.39 7.61 100.00 86.44 13.56 100.00 81.34 18.66 100.00 84.60 15.40 100.00 98.36 1.64 100.00 98.83 1.17 100.00 99.49 0.51 100.00 98.98 1.02 100.00 100.00 0.00 100.00 99.93 0.07 100.00 99.10 0.90 100.00 100.00 0.00 .. .. .. .. .. .. 100.00 99.69 0.31 100.00 100.00 0.00 100.00 99.56 0.44 100.00 97.58 2.42 Men TOTAL 100.00 53.36 46.64 100.00 61.40 38.60 100.00 65.98 34.02 100.00 47.82 52.18 100.00 83.95 16.05 100.00 95.10 4.90 100.00 94.27 5.73 100.00 93.36 6.64 100.00 100.00 0.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 100.00 99.97 0.03 100.00 90.86 9.14 100.00 99.77 0.23 .. .. .. .. .. .. 100.00 99.88 0.12 100.00 99.93 0.07 100.00 100.00 0.00 100.00 93.21 6.79 From 15 to 24 years old 100.00 43.14 56.86 100.00 33.58 66.42 100.00 . . 100.00 . . 100.00 . . 100.00 . . 100.00 . . 100.00 92.95 7.05 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 . . 100.00 . . 100.00 . . 100.00 . . .. .. .. .. .. .. 100.00 . . 100.00 . . 100.00 . . 100.00 74.08 25.92 From 25 to 44 years old 100.00 41.37 58.63 100.00 42.92 57.08 100.00 58.14 41.86 100.00 25.75 74.25 100.00 . . 100.00 93.89 6.11 100.00 87.97 12.03 100.00 91.31 8.69 100.00 . . 100.00 . . 100.00 100.00 0.00 100.00 70.99 29.01 100.00 100.00 0.00 .. .. .. .. .. .. 100.00 98.36 1.64 100.00 100.00 0.00 100.00 . . 100.00 83.82 16.18 From 45 to 64 years old 100.00 49.08 50.92 100.00 66.36 33.64 100.00 70.13 29.87 100.00 48.31 51.69 100.00 . . 100.00 93.30 6.70 100.00 94.77 5.23 100.00 93.81 6.19 100.00 100.00 0.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 100.00 92.16 7.84 100.00 99.45 0.55 .. .. .. .. .. .. 100.00 99.96 0.04 100.00 99.81 0.19 100.00 100.00 0.00 100.00 95.16 4.84 Aged 65 years old and over 100.00 84.58 15.42 100.00 91.28 8.72 100.00 76.45 23.55 100.00 79.48 20.52 100.00 86.05 13.95 100.00 100.00 0.00 100.00 98.50 1.50 100.00 100.00 0.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 100.00 99.94 0.06 100.00 98.20 1.80 100.00 100.00 0.00 .. .. .. .. .. .. 100.00 100.00 0.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 100.00 100.00 0.00 100.00 98.16 1.84 Women TOTAL 100.00 61.17 38.83 100.00 69.64 30.36 100.00 76.36 23.64 100.00 67.90 32.10 100.00 70.13 29.87 100.00 96.16 3.84 100.00 97.62 2.38 100.00 98.07 1.93 100.00 98.32 1.68 100.00 100.00 0.00 100.00 99.77 0.23 100.00 96.64 3.36 100.00 99.87 0.13 100.00 89.41 10.59 100.00 91.68 8.32 100.00 99.42 0.58 100.00 100.00 0.00 100.00 99.36 0.64 100.00 91.59 8.41 From 15 to 24 years old 100.00 58.67 41.33 100.00 41.33 58.67 100.00 . . 100.00 53.83 46.17 100.00 . . 100.00 97.16 2.84 100.00 . . 100.00 90.59 9.41 100.00 . . 100.00 . . 100.00 . . 100.00 . . 100.00 . . 100.00 91.21 8.79 0.00 0.00 0.00 100.00 . . 100.00 . . 100.00 . . 100.00 84.10 15.90 From 25 to 44 years old 100.00 50.21 49.79 100.00 52.70 47.30 100.00 68.37 31.63 100.00 65.89 34.11 100.00 47.79 52.21 100.00 95.23 4.77 100.00 96.62 3.38 100.00 98.56 1.44 100.00 . . 100.00 . . 100.00 100.00 0.00 100.00 90.65 9.35 100.00 100.00 0.00 100.00 88.49 11.51 100.00 . . 100.00 94.18 5.82 100.00 . . 100.00 98.39 1.61 100.00 85.73 14.27 From 45 to 64 years old 100.00 58.54 41.46 100.00 71.23 28.77 100.00 74.99 25.01 100.00 60.62 39.38 100.00 55.86 44.14 100.00 95.89 4.11 100.00 97.11 2.89 100.00 98.99 1.01 100.00 97.97 2.03 100.00 100.00 0.00 100.00 99.36 0.64 100.00 94.10 5.90 100.00 99.69 0.31 100.00 . . 100.00 89.59 10.41 100.00 99.68 0.32 100.00 100.00 0.00 100.00 99.77 0.23 100.00 91.10 8.90 Aged 65 years old and over 100.00 81.08 18.92 100.00 92.89 7.11 100.00 92.35 7.65 100.00 82.11 17.89 100.00 84.09 15.91 100.00 97.26 2.74 100.00 98.95 1.05 100.00 99.28 0.72 100.00 98.64 1.36 100.00 100.00 0.00 100.00 99.92 0.08 100.00 99.67 0.33 100.00 100.00 0.00 .. .. .. 100.00 . . 100.00 99.47 0.53 100.00 100.00 0.00 100.00 99.48 0.52 100.00 96.99 3.01 Notes: .Data protected by statistical secrecy 1) Hormonal medicines for menopause are only recorded for women. Contraceptive pill is only recorded for women under 65 years old The symbol '.' shall be deemed as datum which cannot be given due to an insufficient sample The symbol '..' shall be deemed as datum which is not collected for this classification in the table The data corresponding to cells with less 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