WHAT population has blood type A?

A positive - 31% A negative - 7% B positive - 8% B negative - 2%

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Who mostly has type A blood?

The second most common blood type is A positive which occurs in "33% of Caucasian, 24% of African American, 27% of Asian and 29% of Latino American" populations," says the Red Cross.

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What nationality is mostly a blood type?

Most common blood type by ethnicity

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.

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Which country has the most blood type A?

The 10 countries with the highest prevalence of type A+ blood:
  • Armenia (46.3%)
  • Norway (41.6%)
  • Malta (41.0%)
  • Cyprus (40.35%)
  • Portugal (39.8%)
  • Japan (39.8%)
  • Uganda (39.0%)
  • Cameroon (38.8%)

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What are the 3 rarest blood types?

What are the rarest blood types?
  • O positive: 35%
  • O negative: 13%
  • A positive: 30%
  • A negative: 8%
  • B positive: 8%
  • B negative: 2%
  • AB positive: 2%
  • AB negative: 1%

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Most common blood type (blood group) in the world?

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How common is blood group A?

Around 30% of donors have A positive blood, making it the second most common blood type after O positive (36%).

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What is the most common blood type in Australia?

Blood groups in Australia
  • O positive - 40%
  • O negative - 9%
  • A positive - 31%
  • A negative - 7%
  • B positive - 8%
  • B negative - 2%
  • AB positive - 2%
  • AB negative - 1%.

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What is special about A+ blood?

Type A+ donors can help change the world by donating whole blood and by donating platelets (an apheresis procedure that takes longer but often goes to cancer patients). And Type A and AB plasma are often used for trauma patients and accident victims.

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What is the healthiest blood type?

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).

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Do full siblings have the same blood group?

Brothers and sisters don't always share the same blood type. The genotype of both parents plays a role in defining the blood type. For instance, children of parents with the genotypes AO and BO may have the blood types A, B, AB, or O. Thus, siblings do not necessarily have the same blood type.

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What blood type is most needed?

Type O positive blood is given to patients more than any other blood type, which is why it's considered the most needed blood type.

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What blood type are Australian Aboriginal?

In Aboriginal individuals we found that group O was more common than A in the 'Northern' NT, whereas there was similar distribution of the groups in 'Central Australia'. Conclusions: We found a significant difference in ABO and RhD blood groups between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal individuals in the NT (P < 0.001).

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Which blood type is the oldest?

Although type O comes from a recessive gene—if one parent has A or B blood, the child will be A or B—O is the oldest type, reports the BBC. A and B types only emerged in the last 20,000 years or so, and are still spreading. This underscores the need for a variety of donors, says Dr.

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What blood type are most Irish?

Irish Blood Group Type Frequency Distribution

Blood group O Positive is the most common group in Ireland while AB negative is the least common.

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Is A+ blood type rare?

Thirty-four of every 100 people have A+. These are rare blood types and less than 10 percent of the population have this blood type.

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Is blood type A negative rare?

Is A negative blood rare? Around 8% of donors have A negative blood. In comparison, 30% of donors have A positive blood.

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Which blood type is rare A+ or A?

A+: 35.7% A-: 6.3%

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Is blood type related to race?

Certain blood types are unique to specific racial and ethnic groups. Therefore, it is essential that donor diversity match patient diversity. For example, U-negative and Duffy-negative blood types are unique to the African American community.

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What blood type are most British?

The most common blood group for people living in the UK (44%) is the O group blood, followed by the A blood group (42%). This means these blood groups are the most commonly requested by hospitals for patients in need. The least common blood groups are B (10%) and AB (4%) blood groups.

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What blood type is most Indians?

Therefore we see that the most common blood group in India is O positive.
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Here is the average blood type distribution in the Indian population:
  • O+ = 32.53%
  • O- = 2.03%
  • A+ = 21.8%
  • A- = 1.36%
  • B+ = 32.09%
  • B- = 2.01%
  • AB+ = 7.70%
  • AB- = 0.48%

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What is the blood type of Chinese people?

China blood phenotype is dominated by O type, but the r gene frequency is obviously lower than other countries.

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What 2 blood types are not compatible for pregnancy?

Rh incompatibility occurs when the mother's blood type is Rh negative and her fetus' blood type is Rh positive. Antibodies from an Rh negative mother may enter the blood stream of her unborn Rh positive infant, damaging the red blood cells (RBCs).

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Which parent determines the blood type of the child?

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.

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