Table IV.
Demographic data on total and transfusion-transmissible infection-positive blood donations at the Institute for Blood Transfusion of Serbia, Belgrade, 2005–2014.
| Gender | Donor status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male | Female | New | Repeat | ||
| Donations | N. | 443,798 | 159,592 | 143,103 | 459,038 |
| (%) | (74) | (26) | (24) | (76) | |
| TTIs | N. | 861 | 249 | 925 | 185 |
| (%) | (78) | (22) | (83) | (17) | |
| HBV | N. | 439 | 101 | 488 | 52 |
| (%) | (81) | (19) | (90) | (10) | |
| HCV | N. | 268 | 92 | 286 | 74 |
| (%) | (74) | (26) | (79) | (21) | |
| HIV | N. | 23 | 3 | 16 | 10 |
| (%) | (88) | (12) | (62) | (38) | |
| Syphilis | N. | 131 | 53 | 135 | 49 |
| (%) | (71) | (29) | (73) | (27) | |
Data are reported as absolute numbers (N.) and percentages (%) of positive blood donations.
TTIs: total transfusion-transmissible infections; HBV: hepatitis B virus; HCV: hepatitis C virus; HIV: human immunodeficiency virus.