Table 2.

RBC transfusions and transfusion rate per 1,000 inhabitants per age group

Age group, years	Absolute number of RBCs				Transfusion rate / 1,000 population
	2005	2010	2015	% reduction between 2005 and 2015	2005	2010	2015	% reduction between 2005 and 2015
0–4	452	383	354	−21.7%	7.1	5.9	5.3	−25.3%
5–9	197	190	221	+12.2%	3.3	3.0	3.3	+0.6%
10–14	171	161	135	−21.1%	3.2	2.7	2.1	−33.0%
15–19	902	424	392	−56.5%	7.3	8.0	6.2	−14.3%
20–24	1,096	819	323	−70.5%	9.3	7.5	5.5	−40.5%
24–29	1,398	1,173	696	−50.2%	13.8	11.5	6.7	−51.8%
30–34	924	833	750	−18.8%	10.7	8.8	7.4	−30.6%
35–39	1,556	1,219	824	−47.0%	12.8	14.4	8.7	−32.3%
40–44	3,463	2,101	1,192	−65.6%	22.0	17.6	14.1	−36.1%
45–49	4,508	4,006	3,272	−27.4%	29.9	26.0	28.4	−5.1%
50–54	6,861	6,445	6,930	+1.0%	48.6	43.9	46.7	−3.9%
55–59	5,572	7,775	6,796	+22.0%	59.1	56.6	48.2	−18.5%
60–64	9,039	6,610	8,970	−0.8%	92.1	72.1	68.3	−25.3%
65–69	14,715	10,686	7,063	−52.0%	118.6	114.0	81.5	−31.3%
70–74	15,597	17,570	10,836	−30.5%	174.3	155.0	126.8	−27.3%
75–79	14,560	15,836	14,624	+0.4%	234.0	208.0	149.4	−36.2%
80–84	8,818	10,900	11,005	+20.8%	241.9	230.2	186.8	−22.8%
≥85	5,626	8,069	8,199	+45.7%	236.3	252.8	194.7	−17.6%
total	95,455	95,200	82,582*	−13.5%	55.9	58.0	51.2	−8.4%

^*Age groups do not sum up to 82,591 RBCs in 2015, because for some patients the age group was unknown.