Table 1.
Characteristics of blood donor who donated blood from 2008 to 2015 in Harari regional state blood bank in Eastern Ethiopia
| Variables | No (%) |
|---|---|
| Sex | |
| Male | 9403 (82.6) |
| Female | 1979 (17.4) |
| Age | |
| 17–25 | 6555 (57.6) |
| 26–35 | 2934 (25.8) |
| 36–45 | 1402 (12.3) |
| ≥ 46 | 490(4.3) |
| Occupation | |
| Farmer | 1081 (9.5) |
| Military | 1956(17.2) |
| Government employed | 1896 (16.7) |
| Daily laborer | 163(1.4) |
| Driver | 222(2.0) |
| Factory worker | 154 (1.4) |
| House wife | 110(1.0) |
| Student | 4079(35.8) |
| Private employed | 1259(11.1) |
| Unemployed | 132(1.2) |
| Other | 330(2.9) |
| Donor type | |
| Mobile | 6376 (56.0) |
| Replacement | 4089(35.9) |
| Voluntary | 917 (8.1) |
| Number of donation | |
| First time | 11,369 (99.9) |
| Repeated | 13 (0.1) |
| Blood group | |
| A | 3151 (27.7) |
| B | 2434 (21.4) |
| AB | 661 (5.8) |
| O | 5136 (45.1) |
| RH type | |
| Positive | 10,634 (93.4) |
| Negative | 748 (6.6) |
| Donor address Region | |
| Harari | 6217(54.6) |
| Oromiya | 3214(28.2) |
| Dire Dawa | 919(8.1) |
| Somali | 887(7.8) |
| Other(Addis Ababa, Afar, Amahar, Benishangaul, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples', Tigray) | 144(1.3) |