Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Adult Population towards Blood Donation in Gondar Town, Northwest Ethiopia: A Community Based Cross-Sectional Study

Table 4

Practice and frequency of blood donation and reason for donating and not donating blood among adult population in Gondar town, 2015.

Frequency and reasons	Blood donation practice
	Ever donated ( (%))	Never donated ( (%))
Previous blood donation	141 (18.4)	627 (81.6)
How many times you donate
One time	79 (56.0)
2–5 times	59 (41.8)
>5 times	3 (2.2)
Reason for donation
A friend or relative needed blood	55 (39.0)
Voluntary	86 (61.0)
Reason for not donating
Fear of health problem		77 (12.3)
Fear of being anemic		79 (12.6)
Fear of weight loss		35 (5.6)
Since it is religiously prohibited		11 (1.7)
Since I have no time to donate		74 (11.8)
Since I have no information on when, where, and how to donate		106 (17.0)
I do not think I am fit to donate		133 (21.2)
Fear of needle		29 (4.6)
Since a friend/family told me not to donate		15 (2.4)
Since I do not like the idea of blood donation		55 (8.7)
Since I did not get the chance		13 (2.1)