Table 2.
Sociodemographic Characteristics and Blood Group Distribution Among Blood Donors in Amhara Regional States Districts
| Variables | Categories | Blood Donors Categorized by District | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gondar (n = 250) | Bahir Dar (n = 306) | Debra-Markos (n = 269) | Dessie (n = 215) | ||
| Sex | Male | 124 (49.6%) | 175 (57.2%) | 157 (58.4%) | 120 (55.8%) |
| Female | 126 (50.4%) | 131 (42.8%) | 112 (36.6%) | 95 (944.2%) | |
| Marital Status | Single | 240 (26%) | 286 (31%) | 251 (27.2%) | 146 (15.8%) |
| Married | 10 (8.5%) | 20 (17.1%) | 18 (15.4%) | 69 (59%) | |
| Age | 18–20 years | 129 (24.2%) | 202 (37.8%) | 146 (27.3%) | 57 (10.7%) |
| 21–25 years | 99 (30.7%) | 77 (23.8%) | 76 (23.5%) | 71 (22%) | |
| 26–30 years | 19 (15.3%) | 24 (19.4%) | 33 (26.6%) | 48 (38.7%) | |
| >30 years | 3 (5.1%) | 3 (5.1%) | 14 (23.7%) | 39 (66.1%) | |
| Occupation | Student | 230 (27.8%) | 269 (32.5%) | 240 (29%) | 88 (10.6%) |
| Employed | 9 (6.3%) | 34 (23.6%) | 29 (20.1%) | 72 (50%) | |
| Farmer | 0 | 1 (50%) | 0 | 1 (50%) | |
| Merchant | 6 (10.3%) | 0 | 0 | 52 (89.7%) | |
| Daily laborer | 4 (66.7%) | 0 | 0 | 2 (33.3%) | |
| Others | 1 (33.3%) | 2 (66.7%) | 0 | 0 | |
| ABO Blood group | A | 80 (26.8%) | 77 (25.8%) | 79 (26.5%) | 62 (20.8%) |
| B | 60 (26.2%) | 70 (30.6%) | 49 (21.4%) | 50 (21.8%) | |
| AB | 18 (22.5%) | 25 (31.3%) | 25 (31.3%) | 12 (15%) | |
| O | 92 (21.2%) | 134 (30.9%) | 116 (26.8%) | 91 (21%) | |
| Rh-D Blood group | Positive | 226 (23.5%) | 280 (29.1%) | 257 (26.7%) | 199 (20.7%) |
| Negative | 24 (30.8%) | 26 (33.3%) | 12 (15.4%) | 16 (20.5%) | |