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

Table 2

Age and sex distribution of donors across the categories of blood donation.

Age groups	Voluntary donors		Family replacement donors		Paid donors
	Male (%)	Female (%)	Male (%)	Female (%)	Male (%)	Female (%)
18–25 years	84 (30.32)	16 (42.11)	2,580 (28.17)	122 (37.42)	1,591 (56.11)	0 (0.0)
26–35 years	113 (40.79)	17 (44.74)	3,634 (39.68)	143 (43.87)	1,036 (36.54)	0 (0.0)
36–45 years	69 (24.91)	4 (10.52)	2,483 (27.11)	46 (14.11)	196 (6.91)	0 (0.0)
46–55 years	10 (3.61)	1 (2.63)	429 (4.68)	13 (3.98)	12 (0.42)	0 (0.0)
56–65 years	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)	28 (0.30)	1 (0.30)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
>65 years	1 (0.3)	0 (0.0)	2 (0.02)	1 (0.30)	0 (0.0)	0 (0.0)
Total	277 (2.2)	38 (0.3)	9,156 (72.4)	326 (2.7)	2,835 (22.44)	0 (0.0)