Table 3.

Low Hemoglobin Deferral Rates (donation attempt level)

	Number of Donation Attempts			Number of Donation Attempts Resulting in Low Hemoglobin Deferral (Percentage of Donation Attempts Resulting in Low Hemoglobin Deferral)
All Donation Attempts	1,263,131			124,621 (9.9)
Blood Center
A	201,728			23,440 (11.6)
B	124,756			15,415 (12.4)
C	289,853			29,248 (10.1)
D	85,078			7,838 (9.2)
E	152,843			14,414 (9.4)
F	408,873			34,297 (8.4)
Gender
Male	615,284		9,864 (1.6)
Female	647,847		114,757 (17.7)
Age (in years)	Male	Female	Male		Female
<18 yrs	37,254	50,247	147 (0.4)		9,163 (18.2)
18–20	45,127	57,349	183 (0.4)		12,434 (21.7)
21–30	64,399	86,442	390 (0.6)		16,104 (18.6)
31–40	81,073	92,127	636 (0.8)		17,811 (19.3)
41–50	144,479	153,511	1,761 (1.2)		28,853 (18.8)
51–60	148,912	136,967	2,899 (2.0)		19,488 (14.2)
61–70	69,165	54,386	2,213 (3.2)		7,936 (14.6)
71–80	22,238	15,155	1,351 (6.1)		2,620 (17.3)
81+	2,637	1,663	284 (10.8)		348 (20.9)
Race/Ethnicity	Male	Female	Male		Female
White	549,410	563,635	8,784 (1.6)		93,372 (16.6)
Asian	12,854	11,930	169 (1.3)		2,440 (20.4)
Black	22,839	35,263	543 (2.4)		10,305 (29.2)
Hispanic	17,169	21,825	194 (1.1)		4,932 (22.6)
Other	8,656	9,953	104 (1.2)		2,137 (21.5)
Education (among 21+ yr olds)
< High School	17,752		1,854 (10.4)
≥ High School	1,031,277		96,356 ( 9.3)

	Number of Donation Attempts		Deferred for Low Hemoglobin
Weight (in pounds)	Male	Female	Male	Female
≤109	747	835	20 (2.7)	158 (18.9)
110–124	1,939	53,350	36 (1.8)	9,916 (18.6)
125–149	30,900	196,012	525 (1.7)	32,747 (16.7)
150–174	119,949	161,988	1,909 (1.6)	25,151 (15.5)
175–199	173,545	91,572	2,404 (1.4)	13,794 (15.1)
≥200	245,479	90,764	3,357 (1.4)	15,017 (16.5)
Whole Blood Intensity	Male	Female	Male	Female
0 donations	218,266	269,861	2,931 (1.3)	49,025 (18.2)
1 donations	116,991	153,403	1,304 (1.1)	26,783 (17.5)
2 donations	97,710	101,623	1,456 (1.5)	18,431 (18.1)
3 donations	73,978	65,356	1,517 (2.0)	11,821 (18.1)
4 donations	63,920	37,881	1,477 (2.3)	6,219 (16.4)
5 donations	32,957	16,047	860 (2.6)	2,154 (13.4)
6+ donations	11,462	3,676	319 (2.8)	324 (8.8)
Platelet Intensity
0 donations	1,198,896		119,705 (10.0)
1–3 donations	20,541		2,470 (12.0)
4+ donations	43,694		2,446 ( 5.6)