Prevalence of ABO and Rhesus (D) Blood Group and Allelic Frequency at Blood Bank of Nigist Eleni Mohammed Hospital, Ethiopia

Table 4

ABO and Rh (D) blood group distribution among blood donors in Ethiopia, as predicted by certain studies.

ABO and Rh (D) blood group	Current study	Addis Ababa	Jimma	Bahir Dar	Gondar	Arba Minch	Jijiga	Debre Tabor
A	32.1%	28.4%	31.9%	29.8%	26.4%	32.7%	29.6%	29.8%
B	22.5%	21.3%	21.5%	23.2%	21.7%	20.9%	15.2%	23.2%
AB	6.4%	5.7%	3.5%	5.5%	4.9%	4.3%	5.1%	5.5%
O	39.0%	44.6%	43.1%	41.5%	47.0%	42.1%	50.2%	41.5%
Rh (D) positive	92.9%	94.8%	92.8%	91.5%	94.2%	92.8%	95.6%	91.5%
Rh (D) negative	7.1%	5.2%	7.2%	8.5%	5.8%	7.2%	4.4%	8.5%

Elements of the table have been incorporated from the source cited in reference [28].