Epidemiological Profiles of Foreign-Born and US-Born Hispanic Blood Donors in a Major Metropolitan Area in the United States

Table 1

Characteristics of US-born and foreign-born Hispanic donors.

	US-born		Foreign-born
	Number	%	Number	%	𝑃 value
All donors	11,839	69.8	5,119	30.2
Gender					<.001
Male	5,053	42.7	2,383	46.5
Female	6,786	57.3	2,738	53.5
Age groups (years)*					<.001
16–24	7,324	61.9	2,125	41.6
25–34	1,925	16.3	1,117	21.9
35–44	1,447	12.2	973	19.0
45–54	789	6.7	606	11.9
55–64	281	2.4	239	4.7
65–82	64	0.5	52	1.0
Mean age	25.8		30.8		<.001
Education*					<.001
9–12th grade, no diploma	4,566	42.2	1,516	34.3
High-school graduate	1,526	14.1	686	15.5
Some college or tech	2,768	25.6	1,136	25.7
Bachelor’s degree	1,950	18.0	1,079	24.4
Mean donation frequency	2.0		2.2		<.001
First-time donor?*					<.001
Yes	5,389	48.8	2,148	45.7
No	5,658	51.2	2,552	54.3
History of blood transfusion?*					0.074
Yes	246	2.3	123	2.7
No	10,516	97.7	4,466	97.3
History of deferral?					.001
Yes	1,190	10.1	599	11.7
No	10,649	89.9	4,520	88.3
Donated at fixed sites?*					<.001
Yes	1,074	9.1	612	12.0
No	10,763	90.9	4,506	88.0
Infectious disease
CMV	459	3.9	375	7.3	<.001
Hepatitis B	56	0.5	48	0.9	.001
Hepatitis C	23	0.2	12	0.2	.713
Syphilis	30	0.3	28	0.6	.005
HIV	23	.2	2	0.0	.015
Chagas disease	1	0.0	6	0.2	.002

*Missing data.