TABLE 2.
Summary of participants
| Participant characteristics (N = 40) | n | % | Donor population characteristics b (N = 389,342) | n | % |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | Age | ||||
| 19 a | 0 | 0.0 | 17–19 | 17, 595 | 4.5 |
| 20–29 | 11 | 27.5 | 20–29 | 85,022 | 21.8 |
| 30–39 | 7 | 17.5 | 30–39 | 78,645 | 20.2 |
| 40–49 | 5 | 12.5 | 40–49 | 65,298 | 16.8 |
| 50–59 | 6 | 15.0 | 50–59 | 72,838 | 18.7 |
| 60–69 | 7 | 17.5 | 60–69 | 55,232 | 14.2 |
| 70+ | 4 | 10.0 | 70+ | 14,712 | 3.8 |
| Gender | Gender | ||||
| Female | 18 | 45.0 | Female | 208,637 | 53.6 |
| Male | 21 | 52.5 | Male | 180,705 | 46.4 |
| Nonbinary | 1 | 2.5 | Nonbinary | u/k | u/k |
| Region | Region | ||||
| BC/Yukon | 10 | 25.0 | BC/Yukon | 66,630 | 17.1 |
| Prairies | 12 | 30.0 | Prairies | 118,290 | 30.3 |
| Ontario | 12 | 30.0 | Ontario | 166,452 | 42.8 |
| Atlantic | 6 | 15.0 | Atlantic | 37,970 | 9.8 |
| Sexuality | |||||
| Heterosexual | 36 | 90.0 | |||
| Bisexual | 2 | 5.0 | |||
| Queer | 1 | 2.5 | |||
| Questioning | 1 | 2.5 | |||
| Ethnicity | |||||
| Caucasian | 31 | 77.5 | |||
| Middle Eastern | 2 | 5.0 | |||
| Chinese | 2 | 5.0 | |||
| East Asian | 2 | 5.0 | |||
| Filipino | 1 | 2.5 | |||
| South Asian | 1 | 2.5 | |||
| Bi‐racial | 1 | 2.5 | |||
| No. of donations | |||||
| 1–3 | 5 | 12.5 | |||
| 4–20 | 11 | 27.5 | |||
| 21–100 | 11 | 27.5 | |||
| 101–999 | 11 | 27.5 | |||
| 1000+ | 1 | 2.5 | |||
| Unknown | 1 | 2.5 |
a
Minimum age of recruitment was 19.
b
All unique whole blood and plasma donors over the same period of recruitment (February 2020–January 2021).