Health in Spain

[1] In 2013 there had been a 14% rise in the number of overweight people since 1987 when the figure had been 40% according to a survey conducted by the Instituto Nacional de Estadistica.

[2] Spain has achieved progress in reducing tobacco consumption over the past decade, with rates of daily smokers among adults coming down 32% in 2001 to 24% in 2011.

[4] This Inter-Territorial Council is composed of representatives from each region and meets to discuss health related issues spanning across Spain.

Recommendations must be approved by the Commission of Public Health and then by the Inter-Territorial Council, at which point they are incorporated into the National Immunization Schedule.

[4] The Spanish Association of Pediatrics, in conjunction with the Spanish Medicines Agency, outlines specifications for vaccination schedules and policies and provides a history of vaccination policies implemented in the past, as well as legislature pertaining to the public currently.

[7] The 2015 schedule proposed the newest change with the inclusion of pneumococcal vaccine for children under 12 months.

[9] The autonomous regions collect data, from either electronic registries or written physician charts, to calculate immunization coverage.