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Table 1 Characteristics of blood donor who donated blood from 2008 to 2015 in Harari regional state blood bank in Eastern Ethiopia

From: Seroprevalence and trends of transfusion transmitted infections at Harar blood bank in Harari regional state, Eastern Ethiopia: eight years retrospective study

Variables

No (%)

Sex

 Male

9403 (82.6)

 Female

1979 (17.4)

Age

 17–25

6555 (57.6)

 26–35

2934 (25.8)

 36–45

1402 (12.3)

  ≥ 46

490(4.3)

Occupation

 Farmer

1081 (9.5)

 Military

1956(17.2)

 Government employed

1896 (16.7)

 Daily laborer

163(1.4)

 Driver

222(2.0)

 Factory worker

154 (1.4)

 House wife

110(1.0)

 Student

4079(35.8)

 Private employed

1259(11.1)

 Unemployed

132(1.2)

 Other

330(2.9)

Donor type

 Mobile

6376 (56.0)

 Replacement

4089(35.9)

 Voluntary

917 (8.1)

Number of donation

 First time

11,369 (99.9)

 Repeated

13 (0.1)

Blood group

 A

3151 (27.7)

 B

2434 (21.4)

 AB

661 (5.8)

 O

5136 (45.1)

RH type

 Positive

10,634 (93.4)

 Negative

748 (6.6)

Donor address Region

 Harari

6217(54.6)

 Oromiya

3214(28.2)

 Dire Dawa

919(8.1)

 Somali

887(7.8)

 Other(Addis Ababa, Afar, Amahar, Benishangaul, Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples', Tigray)

144(1.3)