Table 2.
Positivity rate of transfusion-transmissible infections by demographic characteristics and donation type at Dire Dawa Blood Bank in Eastern Ethiopia, July 2010 – June 2013
| Characteristics | Total N |
TTIs N (%) |
HBV N (%) |
HIV N (%) |
HCV N (%) |
Syphilis N (%) |
|
| Sex | Male | 5430 | 405 (7.46) | 275 (5.06) | 65(1.20) | 56(1.03) | 25(0.46) |
| Female | 946 | 45 (4.76) | 23 (2.43) | 14 (1.48) | 5(0.53) | 3(0.32) | |
| P-value | 0.003 | <0.001 | 0.468 | 0.143 | 0.539 | ||
| Age group | 18–24 | 2437 | 143(5.87) | 102 (4.19) | 14 (0.57) | 20(0.82) | 8(0.33) |
| 25–32 | 2055 | 159(7.74) | 106 (5.16) | 27 (1.31) | 21(1.02) | 13(0.63) | |
| 33–40 | 1083 | 88(8.13) | 53 (4.89) | 22 (2.03 ) | 13(1.20) | 5(0.46) | |
| ≥41 | 801 | 60(7.49) | 37 (4.62) | 16 (2.00) | 7(0.87) | 2(0.25) | |
| P-value | 0.032 | 0.474 | <0.001 | 0.728 | 0.374 | ||
| Occupation | Student | 1781 | 128(7.19) | 100 (5.61) | 10 (0.56) | 12(0.67) | 6(0.34) |
| Private worker | 1439 | 108(7.51) | 64 (4.45) | 28 (1.95) | 19(1.32) | 4(0.28) | |
| Unemployed | 810 | 78(9.63) | 55 (6.79) | 13 (1.60) | 7(0.86) | 4(0.49) | |
| Civil servant | 693 | 41 (5.92) | 21 (3.03) | 13 (1.88) | 6(0.87) | 1(0.14) | |
| Farmer | 490 | 31 (6.33) | 18 (3.67) | 3 (0.61) | 8(1.63) | 6(1.22) | |
| Driver | 361 | 27 (7.48) | 20 (5.54) | 5 (1.39) | 3(0.83) | 2(0.55) | |
| Private employee | 309 | 8(2.59) | 7 (2.27) | 0 (0.0 ) | 0(0) | 1(0.32) | |
| Daily laborer | 155 | 8(5.16) | 3 (1.94) | 3 (1.94) | 3(1.94) | 0(0) | |
| House wife | 134 | 10(7.46) | 5 (3.73) | 4 (2.99) | 0(0) | 1(0.75) | |
| P-value | 0.010 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.187 | 0.072 | ||
| Donation type |
Replacement | 5647 | 410 (7.26) | 265(4.69) | 77 (1.36) | 57(1.01) | 27(0.48) |
| Volunteer | 729 | 40 (5.49) | 33(4.53) | 2 (0.27) | 4(0.55) | 1(0.14) | |
| P-value | 0.078 | 0.842 | 0.012 | 0.229 | 0.190 |
N=Number; TTIs=Transfusion Transmissible Infections