Research Article
Prevalence of ABO and Rhesus (D) Blood Group and Allelic Frequency at Blood Bank of Nigist Eleni Mohammed Hospital, Ethiopia
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of blood donors (
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| Variables | Variable | Frequency () | Percentage |
| Sex | Female | 356 | 31.8% | Male | 764 | 68.2% |
| Age | 18-24 | 558 | 49.8% | 25-31 | 361 | 32.2% | 32-38 | 147 | 13.1% | 39-45 | 50 | 4.5% | 46-65 | 4 | 0.4% |
| Blood donation sites | Gurage Zone | 290 | 25.9% | Hadiya Zone | 260 | 23.2% | Halaba Zone | 243 | 21.7% | Kembata Zone | 209 | 18.7% | Silte Zone | 118 | 10.5% |
| Occupation | Civil servants | 596 | 53.2% | Students | 469 | 41.9% | Self-employed | 46 | 4.1% | Others | 9 | 0.8% |
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Others include those who did not reveal their occupation. |