Research Article
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) |
|
|