Blood Facts and Statistics

Blood Facts And Statistics 4.5 million Americans need blood transfusion each year. Someone needs blood every 2 seconds. 43,000 used each day in pints: amount of donated blood U.S. and Canada About 1 in 7 hospital needs blood. people entering a One pint of blood can save up to 3 lives. Most of the donated red blood cells can be stored up to 42 days. Shortages of all blood types happen during the summer and winter holidays. Most donated platelets can be stored up to days. Many patients with severe Children being treated for cancer, premature infants and children having heart surgery need blood and platelets from donors of all types, especially type O. sickle cell disease receive blood transfusions every month. Much of today's medical care depends on a steady supply of blood from healthy donors. A patient could be forced to pass up a lifesaving organ, if compatible blood is not available to support the transplant. 13 tests (II for infectious diseases) are performed on each unit of donated blood. 15% 17% of non-donors cite "never 17% thought about it" as the main reason for not giving, while 15% say they're too busy. The #1 reason blood donors say they give is because they "want to help others." 1 Blood centers often run short of types O and B red blood cells. 2 If only one more percent of all Americans would give blood, blood shortages would disappear for the foreseeable future. 3 Four easy steps to donate blood: medical history, quick physical, donation and snacks. 4 After donating blood, you replace the fluid in hours and the red blood cells within four weeks. It takes eight weeks to restore the iron lost after donating. 5 You cannot get AIDS or any other infectious disease by donating blood. 6 A newborn baby has about one cup of blood in his body. / Four million people need blood every year. That's one patient every 12 seconds. 8 People are eligible to donate blood every eight weeks. 9 Blood donors must be at least I7 years old, in good general health and weigh at least II0 pounds. Healthy adults who are at least 17 years old, and at least 1 10 pounds may donate about a pint of blood – the most common form of donation - every 56 days, or every 2 months. Females receive 53% of blood transfusions; 47% Males receive 47% FREQUENCY OF BLOOD TYPES IN THE US POPULATION => 1 Person in 3 38% (Rh Positive) => 1 Person in 14 (Rh Negative) 7% => 1 Person in 3 34% (Rh Positive) 6% => 1 Person in 17 (Rh Negative) 9% => 1 Person in 11 (Rh Positive) 2% => 1 Person in 50 (Rh Negative) x 10 AB => 1 Person in 33 3% (Rh Positive) AB => 1 Person in 100 x 25 1% (Rh Negative) Red blood cells are made in the bone marrow and carry oxygen to the body and remove carbon dioxide. They are needed for accident victims, certain surgeries, and patients with anemia and blood disorders. Platelets are tiny cells, formed in the bone marrow, that control bleeding by helping the blood to clot. The body replaces platelets within 72 hours of donation. Leukemia and cancer patients need platelets because chemotherapy destroys their own supply of platelets. Plasma is the liquid part of the blood and makes up It is comprised of 7% 1% minerals 92% 55% of blood volume. water protein and is essential in the clotting/coagulation process. Plasma is used for patients experiencing heavy bleeding and for burn victims. Cryoprecipitate is extracted from plasma in a freezing and thawing process. This component contains a specific clotting agent, Factor VIII, missing in hemophiliacs and essential for controlling bleeding. Blood used to treat victims of a disaster is blood that was already on the blood bank shelves. Every 33 mins, someone in Lane County needs a blood transfusion. Every 3 secs, someone in the United States needs a blood transfusion. One out of every TEN people entering a hospital will need blood. Approximately 35,000 units of blood are used EACH day in the U.S. 38% of the US population is eligible to donate – less than 10% does on an annual or more frequent basis. 38% .......................