In the UK population, O is the most common blood group (48%). Around 7% of the population have O -ve blood, yet this special group accounts for around 13% of all hospital requests.
Blood group O is the most common blood group. Almost half of the UK population (around 48%) has blood group O. Receiving blood from the wrong ABO group can be life-threatening. For example, if someone with group B blood is given group A blood, their anti-A antibodies will attack the group A cells.
Famous Type O personalities: Queen Elizabeth II, John Lennon or Paul Newman.
What's the rarest blood type? AB negative is the rarest of the eight main blood types - just 1% of our donors have it. Despite being rare, demand for AB negative blood is low and we don't struggle to find donors with AB negative blood.
Blood groups in Australia
O positive - 40% O negative - 9% A positive - 31% A negative - 7%
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).
People with blood type O are said to be "universal donors" because their blood is compatible with all ABO blood types. It is also the most common blood type in populations around the world, including the USA (1) and Western Europe (2, 3).
The rarest blood type is Rhnull. Unlike other blood types, people with Rhnull blood have no Rh antigens on their red blood cells. However, of the eight main blood types, AB- is the least common.
More than two million people in Scotland have type O+ blood, making it the most common blood type in Scotland. This means that although there will always be more potential O+ donors, there will also be more O+ patients. More than a quarter of Scotland's population have type A+ blood.
Chances are higher you'll live longer if you have type O blood. Experts think your lowered risk of disease in your heart and blood vessels (cardiovascular disease) may be one reason for this.
A royal descent is a genealogical line of descent from a past or present monarch.
Globally, the most common blood type is O, but the most common blood type of Europeans is A.
African American: 47% O-positive, 24% A-positive, and 18% B-positive. Latin American: 53% O-positive, 29% A-positive, and 9% B-positive. Asian: 39% O-positive, 27% A-positive, and 25% B-positive. Caucasian: 37% O-positive, 33% A-positive, and 9% B-positive.
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.
Blood group reference distribution for the German population is given as: 0: 41%; A: 43%; B: 11%; AB: 5%; Rhesus positive: 85%; Rhesus negative: 15%.
China blood phenotype is dominated by O type, but the r gene frequency is obviously lower than other countries.
A baby may have the blood type and Rh factor of either parent, or a combination of both parents. Rh factors follow a common pattern of genetic inheritance. The Rh-positive gene is dominant (stronger) and even when paired with an Rh-negative gene, the positive gene takes over.
Approximately 45 percent of Caucasians are type O (positive or negative), but 51 percent of African-Americans and 57 percent of Hispanics are type O. Minority and diverse populations, therefore, play a critical role in meeting the constant need for blood.
The distribution varies worldwide. In Switzerland, blood group A is the most common (at around 45%), followed by blood group 0 (41%). The rarest blood groups are B (around 9%) and AB (around 5%).
Africa. O+ is a strong blood group classification among African countries. Countries like Ghana, Libya, Congo and Egypt, have more individuals with O- blood types than AB+.
The authors found that individuals with type O blood were less likely to contract SARS-CoV-2 compared with non–type O blood groups (ARR = 0.88; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.84–0.92). Rhesus (Rh)-negative individuals were also less likely to be diagnosed with SARS-CoV-2 (ARR = 0.79; 95% CI, 0.73–0.85).
Recent data suggests that people with blood type A have a significantly higher risk of acquiring COVID-19 than non-A blood types. Blood type O seems to have the lowest risk. Yet these risks are relative, meaning people with type O blood are not immune to COVID-19.
Blood type A was at decreased risk of both intubation and death relative to type O, while type AB was at increased risk of both outcomes (Figure 1, Table 2). Conversely, we found that type B individuals were at higher risk of intubation but at lower risk of death, compared with type O.