Let's explore some B blood type facts. The two B blood types are relatively rare. Only 2 percent of the U.S. blood donor population is B-negative, making it the second rarest blood type. Only 9% of the blood donor population has B-positive blood.
B negative blood is one of the rarest blood types as just 2% of our blood donors have it.
Group B: The surface of the red blood cells contains B antigen, and the plasma has anti-A antibody. Anti-A antibody would attack blood cells that contain A antigen. Group AB: The red blood cells have both A and B antigens, but the plasma does not contain anti-A or anti-B antibodies.
Overview. According to popular belief, people with type A blood are friendly and kind, people with type B are spontaneous and creative, and people with type O are confident and aggressive. In a logical extension of this system, those with type AB are a mix of stereotypical A and B traits.
Of the eight main blood types, people with Type O have the lowest risk for heart attacks and blood clots in the legs and lungs. This may be because people with other blood types have higher levels of certain clotting factors, which are proteins that cause blood to coagulate (solidify).
Blood groups in Australia
O negative - 9% A positive - 31% A negative - 7% B positive - 8%
About 9% of the population have B positive blood. B positive red blood cells can be given to both B positive and AB positive patients. B positive patients can receive blood from B positive, B negative, O positive and O negative donors.
Why is B positive blood important? B positive is an important blood type for treating people with sickle cell disorder and thalassaemia who need regular transfusions. These conditions affect South Asian and Black communities where B positive blood is more common.
If your blood type is B, then you are passionate, creative, strong, and active. You are cheerful, adventurous, open to new experiences, unconventional, and relaxed. As per studies, your blood type has the fastest brain. You have an active imagination.
Famous Type O personalities: Queen Elizabeth II, John Lennon or Paul Newman.
The gene for blood group B first appeared in significant numbers somewhere around 10 to 15,000 B.C., the tail end of the Neolithic period, in the area of the Himalayan highlands now part of present day Pakistan and India.
The B antigen in red blood, also known as the B blood type, likely originated in Asia. While it is the rarest of the ABO blood alleles, it is most common in Central Asia and Northern India.
Even though O+ remains the most common blood type here, blood type B is relatively common too. Nearly 20% of China's population has this blood type, and it is also fairly common in India and other Central Asian countries.
Only type B had inconsistent effects between intubation and death—type B increased risk of intubation and decreased risk of death compared to type O. We also found consistent evidence for protective associations between Rh negative blood groups and SARS-CoV-2 infection, intubation, death.
Famous Type B personalities: Leonardo DiCaprio, Paul McCartney or Jack Nicholson.
The blood type of B negative is also uncommon, occurring in "2% of Caucasian, 1% of African American, 0.4% of Asian and 1% of Latino American" populations, says the Red Cross.
B+ is a rare blood type that holds tremendous power. Only 8% of the population has B+ blood. B+ blood donors have two ways of targeting the power of their donation. The most preferred donation method is to donate platelets.
A+: 35.7% A-: 6.3% B+: 8.5% B-: 1.5%
Only 9% of the blood donor population has B-positive blood. Americans of Asian descent and African Americans are the most likely to have type B blood, according to the ADRP. About 25% of Asian Americans and about 20% of African Americans have a B blood type.
Taken together, the authors concluded that type O and Rh-negative blood groups may be protective against SARS-CoV-2 infection and illness.
Dana Devine, shows that people with blood groups A or AB are more likely to have a severe COVID infection than people with blood groups B or O. The study looked at 95 patients critically ill with the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the intensive care units (ICUs) of two major Vancouver hospitals.
From these findings, the authors concluded that blood group B might be associated with exceptional longevity. The association of ABO blood type with health and longevity should not be surprising.