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Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of blood donors at Gash Barka Zonal Blood Transfusion Center, Barentu (n = 1939)

From: Seroprevalence of transfusion transmitted infections among blood donors in Gash Barka Zonal Blood Transfusion Center, Barentu, Eritrea, 2014 through 2017

Variables

Categories

Frequency

Percentage (%)

Year

2014

286

14.7

2015

879

45.3

2016

569

29.3

2017

203

10.5

Age Category

< 18

258

13.3

19–25

383

19.8

26–35

529

27.3

36–50

645

33.3

> 50

124

6.4

Sex

Male

1710

88.2

Female

229

11.8

Ethnicity

Tigrigna

1307

67.4

Tigre

229

11.8

Kunama

129

6.7

Nara

192

9.9

Others

82

4.4

Residence

Urban

1335

68.8

Rural

604

31.2

Occupation

Office worker

432

22.4

House wife

68

35.3

Student

399

9.0

Daily worker

684

35.3

Unemployed

17

0.9

Others

339

20.6

Educational Level

No education

344

17.7

Elementary

220

11.3

Junior

339

17.5

High school

683

35.2

Tertiary

353

18.2

Types of Donor

FRBD

1158

59.7

VNRBD

781

40.3

  1. VNRBD Voluntary non-remunerated blood donors, FRBD Family replacement blood donors