Table 3.
Year-on-year trends in infectious markers among male blood donors at the St. Dominic Hospital Akwatia, Ghana.
| Year | Total | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | p value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blood donors | 10,740 | 2,343 | 2,903 | 3,310 | 2,184 | |
| HBV | 794 (7.39) | 238 (10.16) | 233 (8.03) | 223 (6.74) | 100 (4.58) | <0.0001 |
| HCV | 608 (5.66) | 182 (7.77) | 181 (6.23) | 172 (5.20) | 73 (3.34) | <0.0001 |
| HIV | 433 (4.03) | 92 (3.93) | 130 (4.48) | 118 (3.56) | 93 (4.26) | 0.8848 |
| Syphilis | 1137 (10.59) | 209 (8.92) | 256 (8.82) | 475 (14.35) | 197 (9.02) | 0.0043 |
Data is presented as frequency and corresponding percentage in parenthesis. HBV: Hepatitis B Virus; HCV: Hepatitis C Virus; HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus. p for trends is significant at 0.05.