Table 1 Socio-demographic characteristics of blood donors
Characteristics | No. (%) |
|---|---|
Gender | |
 Male | 122 951 (58.1) |
 Female | 88 688 (41.9) |
Age group (years) | |
 18–25 | 56 355 (26.6) |
 26–35 | 53 751 (25.4) |
 36–45 | 69 094 (32.7) |
  > 45 | 32439 (15.3) |
ABO Blood groups | |
 O Type | 68 247 (32.3) |
 A Type | 65 653 (31.0) |
 B Type | 57 843 (27.3) |
 AB Type | 19 896 (9.4) |
Occupation | |
 Worker | 38 376 (18.1) |
 Student | 22 683 (10.7) |
 Farmer | 19 016 (9.0) |
 Merchant | 18 636 (8.8) |
 Office staff | 14 441 (6.8) |
 Doctor | 13 189 (6.2) |
 Govt. employee | 12 014 (5.7) |
 Teacher | 8 213 (3.9) |
 Soldier | 1 574 (0.8) |
 Others | 63 497 (30.0) |