European Health Survey  
PREVENTATIVE PRACTICES
Time elapsed since the last blood pressure reading by sex, age group, and educational level. Population aged 15 years old and over.
Units: thousands of persons

	TOTAL	In the last 12 months	1 year or more but less than 2 years ago	2 years ago or more but less than 5 years ago	5 years ago or more	She/he has never had a blood pressure reading	No data recorded	
Both sexes	
    TOTAL	
        TOTAL	39,974.1	28,578.6	5,033.7	2,866.3	753.0	2,301.8	440.6	
        Basic and inferior	19,544.5	14,345.6	2,130.9	1,200.5	336.7	1,330.5	200.4	
        Medium	8,770.1	5,928.8	1,244.9	732.3	180.8	578.6	104.7	
        Upper	11,659.5	8,304.1	1,657.9	933.5	235.5	392.8	135.6	
    From 15 to 24 years old	
        TOTAL	4,729.5	1,968.5	889.7	457.9	105.5	1,170.6	137.2	
        Basic and inferior	2,402.6	920.9	404.4	209.9	49.8	752.9	64.8	
        Medium	1,699.7	750.1	335.2	195.6	40.8	333.1	44.9	
        Upper	627.2	297.6	150.1	52.4	14.9	84.7	27.5	
    From 25 to 64 years old	
        TOTAL	26,318.5	18,528.9	3,716.6	2,216.0	556.9	1,054.1	246.1	
        Basic and inferior	10,407.7	7,272.7	1,422.5	862.6	229.3	526.1	94.6	
        Medium	6,058.1	4,277.4	850.8	510.0	126.1	240.2	53.6	
        Upper	9,852.7	6,978.8	1,443.3	843.4	201.5	287.7	97.9	
    Aged 65 years old and over	
        TOTAL	8,926.1	8,081.2	427.4	192.4	90.6	77.1	57.4	
        Basic and inferior	6,734.2	6,152.0	304.0	128.0	57.6	51.5	41.1	
        Medium	1,012.4	901.4	58.9	26.7	13.9	5.3	6.2	
        Upper	1,179.6	1,027.8	64.5	37.7	19.1	20.4	10.2	
Men	
    TOTAL	
        TOTAL	19,449.1	13,667.6	2,439.1	1,491.0	343.1	1,289.7	218.7	
        Basic and inferior	9,580.4	6,787.1	1,087.4	654.0	191.1	749.5	111.4	
        Medium	4,338.9	2,917.8	589.2	387.8	74.4	325.6	44.1	
        Upper	5,529.8	3,962.7	762.6	449.2	77.5	214.5	63.2	
    From 15 to 24 years old	
        TOTAL	2,428.1	933.6	406.5	281.3	58.5	661.8	86.4	
        Basic and inferior	1,287.3	457.1	206.6	133.7	26.4	420.3	43.2	
        Medium	865.8	357.5	153.2	120.5	22.5	193.7	18.4	
        Upper	275.1	119.0	46.7	27.2	9.7	47.8	24.8	
    From 25 to 64 years old	
        TOTAL	13,098.5	9,191.1	1,853.2	1,122.1	241.3	590.5	100.2	
        Basic and inferior	5,573.6	3,848.9	761.6	467.0	136.3	310.7	49.2	
        Medium	2,971.0	2,106.6	416.4	250.8	45.7	130.1	21.5	
        Upper	4,553.9	3,235.6	675.2	404.4	59.3	149.7	29.5	
    Aged 65 years old and over	
        TOTAL	3,922.5	3,542.9	179.4	87.6	43.3	37.3	32.1	
        Basic and inferior	2,719.5	2,481.1	119.2	53.3	28.4	18.5	19.0	
        Medium	502.2	453.7	19.5	16.6	6.3	1.9	4.2	
        Upper	700.8	608.1	40.7	17.7	8.5	17.0	8.9	
Women	
    TOTAL	
        TOTAL	20,525.0	14,911.0	2,594.6	1,375.3	410.0	1,012.1	222.0	
        Basic and inferior	9,964.1	7,558.6	1,043.5	546.5	145.6	580.9	89.0	
        Medium	4,431.2	3,011.0	655.7	344.5	106.4	253.0	60.6	
        Upper	6,129.7	4,341.4	895.3	484.3	158.0	178.2	72.4	
    From 15 to 24 years old	
        TOTAL	2,301.4	1,035.0	483.2	176.6	47.0	508.8	50.8	
        Basic and inferior	1,115.3	463.8	197.8	76.2	23.4	332.5	21.6	
        Medium	833.9	392.5	182.0	75.2	18.3	139.5	26.5	
        Upper	352.1	178.6	103.5	25.2	5.3	36.8	2.7	
    From 25 to 64 years old	
        TOTAL	13,220.0	9,337.8	1,863.4	1,093.9	315.6	463.6	145.8	
        Basic and inferior	4,834.1	3,423.8	660.9	395.6	93.0	215.4	45.4	
        Medium	3,087.1	2,170.8	434.4	259.2	80.4	110.2	32.1	
        Upper	5,298.8	3,743.1	768.1	439.1	142.1	138.0	68.4	
    Aged 65 years old and over	
        TOTAL	5,003.6	4,538.3	248.0	104.9	47.4	39.8	25.3	
        Basic and inferior	4,014.7	3,670.9	184.8	74.7	29.1	33.0	22.1	
        Medium	510.2	447.6	39.4	10.1	7.6	3.4	2.0	
        Upper	478.7	419.7	23.7	20.0	10.6	3.4	1.3	
Notes:
1) 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 that classification of 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