Donor Blood Procurement, Safety, and Clinical Utilization: A Study of Blood Transfusion Services in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Nigeria

Table 1

Age and sex distribution of persons who donated blood during the study period.

Age groups	Male n (%)	Female n (%)	Total n (%)
18–25 years	3,905 (31.83)	148 (40.66)	4,053 (31.90)
26–35 years	4,729 (38.47)	156 (42.86)	4,885 (38.61)
36–45 years	3,041 (24.79)	48 (13.19)	3,089 (24.60)
46–55 years	552 (4.50)	10 (2.75)	562 (4.54)
56–65 years	38 (0.31)	1 (0.27)	39 (0.31)
>65 years	3 (0.024)	1 (0.27)	4 (0.03)
Total	12,268 (97.11)	364 (2.94)	12,632 (100.0)