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Table 1 Age and Gender demographics of voluntary and replacement blood donors

From: Prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection among blood donors at the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana (2009)

Age* (years)

Female (%)

Male (%)

Total (%)

 

VBD

RBD

VBD

RBD

VBD

RBD

11-19

10(83.33)

1(16.67)

125(22.16)

269(4.61)

135(23.44)

270(4.62)

20-29

1(8.33)

4(66.67)

307(54.43)

2,873(49.2)

308(53.47)

2,877(49.22)

30-39

1(8.33)

0(0)

106(18.79)

2,081(35.64)

107(18.58)

2,081(35.6)

40-49

0(0)

1(16.67)

26(4.61)

539(9.23)

26(4.51)

540(9.24)

50-69

-

0(0)

-

77(1.32)

-

77(1.32)

Total

12(100)

6(100)

564(100)

5,839(100)

576(100)

5,845(100)

  1. VBD Voluntary blood donors; RBD Replacement blood donors; Pearson chi2 for VBD (3) = 24.6740; P-value <0.001; Pearson chi2 for RBD (4) = 4.8347 P-value = 0.305