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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2021 Mar 1.
Published in final edited form as: Transfusion. 2020 Mar;60(Suppl 2):S17–S37. doi: 10.1111/trf.15715

TABLE 6.

Donations stratified by donor age and type in the United States, 2015 and 2017 (expressed in thousands)*

All facilities % of total donations

2017 (95% CI) 2015 2017 2015 % change 2017–2015
Donations by donor age (years)
 15 6 (0–19) 0.1
 16 286 (256–316) 2.6
 17 586 (532–640) 5.3
 18 493 (460–525) 4.4
 16–18 1365 (1276–1453) 1521 12.3 13.4 −10.3
 19–24 1117 (1041–1193) 1236 10.1 10.9 −9.6
 25–64 7010 (6630–7391) 7182 63.1 63.3 −2.4
 65 or older 1603 (1481–1725) 1401 14.4 12.4 14.4
Minority donations 2018 (1605–2432) 18.2
Total successful donations 11,101 (10,553–11,649) 11,339 −2.1
*

Excludes directed and autologous donors.