Socio-demographic characteristics of Danish blood donors

• Published in: PloS one Vol. 12; no. 2; p. e0169112
• Main Authors: Burgdorf, Kristoffer Sølvsten, Simonsen, Jacob, Sundby, Anna, Rostgaard, Klaus, Pedersen, Ole Birger, Sørensen, Erik, Nielsen, Kaspar René, Bruun, Mie Topholm, Frisch, Morten, Edgren, Gustaf, Erikstrup, Christian, Hjalgrim, Henrik, Ullum, Henrik
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States Public Library of Science 09.02.2017; Public Library of Science (PLoS)
• Subjects: Adult; Age; Age Factors; Aged; Analysis; Biology and Life Sciences; Blood; Blood & organ donations; Blood Banks; Blood donation; Blood Donors; Blood transfusion; Children; Clinical medicine; Demographic aspects; Demographics; Demography; Denmark; Education; Epidemiology; Ethnicity; Female; Gender; Health care; Hematology; Hospitals; Humans; Immunology; Income; Male; Medicin och hälsovetenskap; Medicine and Health Sciences; Men; Middle Aged; Models, Biological; Parents; People and Places; Population; Population studies; Regression analysis; Regression models; Sex Factors; Social aspects; Social Sciences; Sociodemographics; Socioeconomic Factors; Studies; Transfusion; Denmark; Sweden; United States > US; Aarhus Denmark

Blood transfusion is an essential component of a modern healthcare system. Because knowledge about blood donor demography may inform the design of strategies for donor recruitment and retention, we used nationwide registers to characterize the entire population of blood donors in Denmark in 2010. Th...