Table 1.
Socio-demographic and clinical characteristics of 1370 blood donors included in the study, Arua regional blood bank, January 1st, 2018 to December 31st, 2019
| Variable | Category | Frequency | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sex | Male | 1097 | 80.1 |
| Female | 273 | 19.9 | |
| Age (cont) | (min = 16yrs; max = 59yrs; median = 23yrs; IQR = 8yrs) | ||
| Birth district | Arua | 479 | 34.9 |
| Nebbi | 605 | 44.2 | |
| Other | 286 | 20.9 | |
| Contact available | No | 1079 | 78.8 |
| Yes | 291 | 21.2 | |
| Donor type | New | 491 | 35.9 |
| Repeat | 788 | 57.5 | |
| Lapsed | 91 | 6.6 | |
| Donor category | VNRBD | 1370 | 100.0 |
| Site | Blood bank | 30 | 2.2 |
| Mobile | 1340 | 97.8 | |
| Blood group | A | 496 | 36.2 |
| AB | 74 | 5.4 | |
| B | 241 | 17.6 | |
| O | 559 | 40.8 | |
| Rhesus group | Pos | 1342 | 98.0 |
| Neg | 28 | 2.0 |
Cont-continuous variable; IQR- Interquartile range; min- minimum; max- maximum; Pos- Positive; Neg- Negative; other-Adjumani, Koboko, Madi-Okollo, Maracha, Moyo, Obongi, Pakwach, Terego, Yumbe & Zombo); VNRBD- Voluntary Non-Remunerated Blood Donors