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Table 1 Demographic characteristics of blood donors in Blood Donor Center at HMC in the period 2013 2017

From: Prevalence and trends of transfusion transmissible infections among blood donors in the State of Qatar, 2013–2017

Year

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

Total

Total Donations

26,153

38,577

42,528

40,865

42,386

190,509

 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Gender

 Male

24,140 (92.3)

34,961 (90.6)

38,531 (90.6)

37,028 (90.6)

38,577 (91.0)

173,237 (90.9)

 Female

2013 (7.7)

3616 (9.4)

3997 (9.4)

3837 (9.4)

3809 (9.0)

17,272 (9.1)

Age Group

  ≤ 20

770 (2.9)

1276 (3.3)

1194 (2.8)

1357 (3.3)

915 (2.2)

5512 (2.9)

 21–30

9035 (34.5)

13,341 (34.6)

14,598 (34.3)

13,847 (33.9)

13,131 (31.0)

63,952 (33.6)

 31–40

10,044 (38.4)

14,609 (37.9)

16,112 (37.9)

15,706 (38.4)

16,974 (40.0)

73,445 (38.6)

 41–50

4831 (18.5)

6977 (18.1)

7920 (18.6)

7424 (18.2)

8381 (19.8)

35,533 (18.7)

 51–60

1337 (5.1)

2142 (5.6)

2429 (5.7)

2264 (5.5)

2644 (6.2)

10,816 (5.7)

  > 60

136 (0.5)

232 (0.6)

275 (0.6)

267 (0.7)

341 (0.8)

1251 (0.7)