Table 2.
Demographic Data, Epidemiological Variables, Awareness, and Blood Type of Participants (N = 420).
| Sociodemographic data | The studied blood donors N (%) 420 (100%) |
|---|---|
| Age (years) | |
| Mean ± SD | 32.39 ± 10.51 |
| Range | 17–66 |
| Age groups (years) | |
| < 20 | 40 (9.5%) |
| 21–40 | 286 (68.1%) |
| 41–60 | 90 (21.4%) |
| > 60 | 4 (1.0%) |
| Sex | |
| Mal | 408 (97.1%) |
| Female | 12 (2.9%) |
| Residence | |
| Rural | 239 (56.9%) |
| Urban | 181 (43.1%) |
| Education | |
| Low level | 142 (33.8%) |
| High level | 278 (66.2%) |
| Risk factors | |
| Dealing with cat | |
| Yes | 46 (11.0%) |
| No | 374 (89.0%) |
| Raw meat | |
| Yes | 86 (20.5%) |
| No | 334 (79.5%) |
| Agriculture | |
| Yes | 72 (17.1%) |
| No | 348 (82.9%) |
| Blood transfusion | |
| Yes | 22 (5.2%) |
| No | 398 (94.8%) |
| Awareness | |
| Good | 42 (10.0%) |
| Poor | 378 (90.0%) |
| Blood grouping | |
| A+ | 129 (30.7%) |
| A− | 11 (2.6%) |
| B+ | 96 (22.9%) |
| B− | 4 (1.0%) |
| AB+ | 43 (10.2%) |
| AB− | 1 (0.2%) |
| O+ | 123 (29.3%) |
| O− | 13 (3.1%) |