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BLOOD FACTS
- When you donate blood, it takes 24 hours to replenish the fluid, and 56 days for the rest of the components.
- Every 3 seconds someone in the US uses blood or a blood product.
- Every 14 minutes, someone in our community receives blood.
- Over 45% of the population has type “O” blood, Type O- is the universal donor, which means it can be given to anyone.
- One blood donation can actually save 3 people.
- A new born infant's blood volume is approximately one cup of blood.
| Patient blood type: |
Percentage of population
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Red cells they
can receive: |
| O+ |
38% |
O+ or O- |
| O- |
7% |
O- only |
| A+ |
34% |
A+, A-, O+, or O- |
| A- |
6% |
A-, O- only |
| B+ |
9% |
B+, B-, O+, or O- |
| B- |
2% |
B- or O- only |
| AB+ |
3% |
A+, B+, O+, AB+, A-, B-, O-, AB- |
| AB- |
1% |
A-, B-, O-, AB- |
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