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Table 1 Characteristics of blood donors in Mymensingh Medical College Hospital, Mymensingh (N=1195)

From: Low prevalence of Leishmania donovani infection among the blood donors in kala-azar endemic areas of Bangladesh

Characteristics

n (%)

Sex

 

 – Male

985 (82.4)

 – Female

210 (17.6)

Mean Age in years (SD)

27.66 (7.95)

Education

 

 – Illiterate

80 (6.7)

 – Literate

1115 (93.3)

Occupation

 

 – Own agriculture

77 (6.4)

 – Skilled worker

43 (3.6)

 – Unskilled worker

13 (1.1)

 – Own business

256 (21.4)

 – Job holder

246 (20.6)

 – Student

432 (36.2)

 – Housewife

117 (9.8)

 – Others

11(0.9)

Donate blood at least once in a year

594 (49.7)

Reason for blood donation

 

 – Relative or friend patient

1187 (99.4)

 – Registered blood donor

7 (0.6)

Heard about Kala-azar

1128 (94.4)

House type of blood donor

 

 – Precarious

62 (5.2)

 – Non-precarious

1133 (94.8)

Mean no. of living room (SD) in the household

3.53 (1.61)

Average family size (SD)

5.7 (2.3)

Average number of bed-nets (SD) in the household

3.31 (1.41)

Use bed net previous night

997 (83.4)

Past KA patients in the household

31 (2.6)