Table 2.
Geographic organisation of the 13 Blood Transfusion Services (BTSs) of Switzerland in 2015. Demographic data on Swiss cantons [23]; their BTSs and headquarter locations; origin and number of blood donor samples, sampling coverage of Swiss population
| Canton Name | Canton | BTS | Number of | Coverage per | Donor | % of Swiss | % of coverage |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (local language) | abbreviation | headquarter | Inhabitants | BTS | tested | ||
| Genève | GE | Geneva | 484,736 | 484,736 | 1,348 | 5.82 | 6.96 |
| Vaud | VD | Lausanne | 773,407 | 773,407 | 1,5260 | 9.29 | 11.10 |
| Neuenburg/Neuchâtel | NE | Neuchâtel | 178,107 | 250,889 | 1,0290 | 3.01 | 3.60 |
| Jura | JU | 72,782 | |||||
| Wallis/Valais | VS | Sion | 335,696 | 335,696 | 760 | 4.03 | 4.82 |
| Basel-Stadt | BS | Basel | 191,817 | 475,048 | 1,222 | 5.70 | 6.82 |
| Basel-Landschaft | BL | 283,231 | |||||
| Aargau | AG | Aarau | 653,675 | 920,093 | 855 | 11.05 | 13.21 |
| Solothurn | SO | 266,418 | |||||
| Luzern | LU | Luzern | 398,762 | 600,392 | 2,770 | 7.21 | 8.62 |
| Obwalden | OW | 37,076 | |||||
| Nidwalden | NW | 42,420 | |||||
| Zug | ZG | 122,134 | |||||
| Zürich | ZH | Zurich | 1,466,424 | 1,967,782 | 24,058 | 23.63 | 28.25 |
| Schwyz | SZ | 154,093 | |||||
| Schaffhausen | SH | 79,836 | |||||
| Thurgau | TG | 267,429 | |||||
| Ticino | TI | Lugano | 351,946 | 351,946 | 768 | 4.23 | 5.05 |
| St. Gallen | SG | St. Gallen | 499,065 | 569,582 | 1,476 | 6.84 | 8.18 |
| Appenzell Ausserrhoden | AR | 54,543 | |||||
| Appenzell Innerrhoden | AI | 15,974 | |||||
| Graubünden | GR | Chur | 196,610 | 236,638 | 1,441 | 2.84 | 3.40 |
| Glarus | GL | 40,028 | |||||
| Swiss areas covered | 6,966,209 | 6,966,209 | 37,253 | 83.66 | 100.00 | ||
| Freiburg/Fribourg | FR | 307,461 | 307,461 | 0 | 3.69 | ||
| Bern | BE | 1,017,483 | 1,053,456 | 0 | 12.22 | ||
| Uri | UR | 35,973 | 0 | 0.43 | |||
| Swiss areas uncovered | 1,360,917 | 1,360,917 | 0 | 16.34% | |||
| Total Switzerland | 8,327,126 | 8,327,126 | 37,253 | 100.00% | |||