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Blood Donation Rates in the United States 1999–2016: From the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)

John P. Twarog, Ashley T. Russo, Tara C. McElroy, Elizabet Peraj, Martin P. McGrath and Austin C. Davidow
The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine September 2019, 32 (5) 746-748; DOI: https://doi.org/10.3122/jabfm.2019.05.180378
John P. Twarog
From the New York College of Podiatric Medicine, New York, NY (JPT, ATR, TCM, EP, MPM, ACD).
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Ashley T. Russo
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Tara C. McElroy
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Elizabet Peraj
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    Table 1.

    Trends in Recent Blood Donations across the United States Adult Population, 1999 to 2016

    CategoryUnweighted N*†Weighted % (SE)†1999 to 20042005 to 20102011 to 2016P Value‡
    Donated last 12 months
        No37,77894.1 (0.2)
        Yes1,6745.9 (0.2)6.2 (5.6–6.8)6.2 (5.4–6.9)5.5 (5.9–6.2)0.29
    Sex
        Male19,26848.6 (0.2)6.4 (5.6–7.2)6.7 (5.8–7.6)6.0 (5.1–6.8)0.50
        Female20,18451.4 (0.2)5.9 (5.1–6.8)5.7 (4.9–6.5)5.1 (4.3–6.0)0.39
    Age
        20 to 29 years6,95419.0 (0.4)5.9 (4.6–7.2)6.5 (5.2–7.9)8.4 (7.1–9.7)0.02
        30 to 39 years6,62918.7 (0.3)7.0 (5.5–8.5)6.0 (4.8–7.2)4.2 (3.3–5.2)0.0057
        40 to 49 years6,65820.3 (0.3)7.8 (6.3–9.3)7.1 (5.6–8.7)5.6 (3.9–7.3)0.14
        50 to 59 years5,81518.0 (0.3)6.9 (5.6–8.3)7.7 (5.9–9.5)7.0 (5.3–8.6)0.76
        60 years13,39624.0 (0.4)3.3 (2.5–4.1)4.9 (3.0–4.9)3.4 (2.5–4.2)0.58
    Race/ethnicity
        Non-Hispanic white18,67270.6 (1.1)7.0 (6.3–7.8)7.2 (6.3–8.2)6.5 (5.6–7.4)0.46
        Non-Hispanic black7,98210.7 (0.6)3.8 (2.8–4.8)3.1 (2.4–3.8)3.8 (2.9–4.7)0.40
        Mex-American or Hispanic9,86312.7 (0.8)3.4 (2.1–4.7)3.3 (2.6–4.1)3.3 (2.5–4.1)0.99
        Other2,9356.0 (0.3)5.8 (2.7–9.0)4.6 (2.5–6.6)3.8 (2.5–5.0)0.44
    Household income
        ≤130%12,10021.1 (0.6)2.6 (1.8–3.4)2.9 (2.2–3.6)2.9 (2.2–3.7)0.79
        130% to ≤ 185%5,35610.9 (0.3)3.5 (2.3–4.7)3.2 (2.2–4.3)4.0 (2.5–5.5)0.70
        >185%21,99668.0 (0.8)7.7 (6.8–8.6)7.5 (6.7–8.4)6.7 (5.7–7.6)0.25
    Education
        High school or less19,68540.6 (0.8)3.5 (2.8–4.2)3.6 (2.8–4.3)2.8 (2.1–3.6)0.31
        College/AA11,16531.3 (0.4)6.5 (5.5–7.5)6.9 (5.6–8.3)6.5 (5.4–7.6)0.84
        College graduate8,60228.1 (0.8)10.7 (8.8–12.6)9.4 (8.0–10.9)7.5 (6.2–8.8)0.0165
    • SE, standard error; AA, associate of arts.

    • ↵* The sample sizes were unweighted, but the percentages were generated as weighted estimates.

    • ↵† Unweighted N and weighted % represent the breakdown of the entire study population. Subsequent columns represent the percentage of people who donated blood during the indicated time period.

    • ↵‡ Wald χ2 tests were used to determine changes in the prevalence of recent blood donations for each subgroup. The values in bold are significant.

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The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine Sep 2019, 32 (5) 746-748; DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2019.05.180378
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