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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2017 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transfusion. 2016 May 30;56(8):1994–2004. doi: 10.1111/trf.13663

Table 1.

REDS-II Donor Return Behavior, Donation Productivity, and Estimated Future Loss of Red Cell Units with Longer Minimum IDIs

Characterization
at 1st visit
during REDS-II
Donors
(N)+
RC
components
(N)
Median
Return
Interval
> RC*
% w/
Return
Visit**
Ave.
RC/Yr**
% Donate
≥ 2x/yr**
% w/ Hb
deferral
N Hb
deferrals
% Estimated Red Cell loss
extending interval to
12 wks 16 wks 20 wks
Females 1,022,099 2,303,232 17.4 57.7 0.89 13.6 26.7 460,324 2.2 5.5 8.9
≤ 20 yrs 296,555 435,602 22.3 50.6 0.61 4.5 23.8 97,441 0.5 1.5 2.6
20+ to 35 250,661 455,085 18.6 50.6 0.72 7.1 24.5 96,021 1.2 3.3 5.6
35+ to 50 276,749 733,394 17.4 62.7 1.00 13.8 31.1 158,590 2.5 6.3 10.2
50+ 198,134 679,151 15.4 68.9 1.26 20.6 27.8 108,272 3.6 8.7 13.7
Males 843,698 2,713,875 16.7 59.7 1.25 23.1 2.9 41,551 3.9 8.9 13.4
≤ 20 yrs 234,465 431,368 22.9 46.9 0.76 8.0 0.7 1,830 0.7 1.9 3.3
20+ to 35 187,412 467,446 17.7 50.3 1.00 13.6 1.1 3,031 2.4 5.8 9.2
35+ to 50 226,555 881,225 16.9 66.5 1.44 24.4 2.8 10,342 4.3 10.0 15.1
50+ 195,266 933,836 14.7 73.3 1.70 31.5 7.5 26,348 5.6 12.8 18.6
Totals (all
donors)
1,865,797 5,017,107 17.0 58.6 1.05 14.9 16.0 501,875 3.1 7.3 11.3
+

Excludes 62,212 donors who donated only platelets or plasma or who made autologous or directed donation at first visit.

*

Median interval until next donor visit following RC donation, in weeks (excludes those who fail to return).

**

Restricted to those with ≥ 1 year observation time (i.e. donated 2006–2008).