So the blood type topic made me think about my own story about how I found out what my blood type is.
Over a year ago, a good friend of mine here in Seattle got diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, and had to undergo a number of difficult operations and treatments. A close of circle of his friends (including me) all got tested for our blood type and marrow, hoping that one of us might be able to help our friend with a tissue or blood donations - because of his Asian ethnic background, there was difficulty in finding a match.
Supposedly, only 25% of all registered donors here in the US come from ethnic communities who are not white, and of that 25%, an even smaller number are Asian. Unfortunately, none of my friends or I were a match... my friend passed away in December. I still volunteer to donate blood every few months though, and I hope someday, someone in our group of friends who registered can help another person who's suffering from cancer.
Anyways, my question to the community...
How many of you donate blood and/or are registered in a marrow donation program in your city/country? What do you think about such programs?
When I was in Japan, it didn't seem like it was a very common thing either. Participation rates here in the US aren't very high, though I think the trend has been changing with people becoming more aware of cancer (yellow LIVESTRONG bracelets).
Over a year ago, a good friend of mine here in Seattle got diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, and had to undergo a number of difficult operations and treatments. A close of circle of his friends (including me) all got tested for our blood type and marrow, hoping that one of us might be able to help our friend with a tissue or blood donations - because of his Asian ethnic background, there was difficulty in finding a match.
Supposedly, only 25% of all registered donors here in the US come from ethnic communities who are not white, and of that 25%, an even smaller number are Asian. Unfortunately, none of my friends or I were a match... my friend passed away in December. I still volunteer to donate blood every few months though, and I hope someday, someone in our group of friends who registered can help another person who's suffering from cancer.
Anyways, my question to the community...
How many of you donate blood and/or are registered in a marrow donation program in your city/country? What do you think about such programs?
When I was in Japan, it didn't seem like it was a very common thing either. Participation rates here in the US aren't very high, though I think the trend has been changing with people becoming more aware of cancer (yellow LIVESTRONG bracelets).
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Such a good topic. I also found out my blood type (which is B by the way) from donating blood too. I live in Vietnam and am currently a first year uni student. There was a donation blood campaign held in our uni and they called for all students. I and my friends went to donate blood.
In my country, blood donation is quite a common thing among university students. I think around 3 or 4 months there's one in my uni. And I think there are also blood donating place in each hospital. I think it's good to have our blood taken once in a while. We can produce 'fresh blood' after that!
And it's good to think that you can help people. Besides, each time one donates blood, he/she'll get this certificate that can be used when you are hospitalized and need blood. You can have the same amount of blood as the amount you have donated for free (is there such thing in other countries?).
In my country, blood donation is quite a common thing among university students. I think around 3 or 4 months there's one in my uni. And I think there are also blood donating place in each hospital. I think it's good to have our blood taken once in a while. We can produce 'fresh blood' after that!
And it's good to think that you can help people. Besides, each time one donates blood, he/she'll get this certificate that can be used when you are hospitalized and need blood. You can have the same amount of blood as the amount you have donated for free (is there such thing in other countries?).
makuhita>
Certificates? Interesting. Here in the States, blood drives at universities are fairly common too, though I don't know how the statistics of how many university students continue donating after they've graduated.
rajio>
AB is a pretty rare blood type pretty much anywhere. Some stats from Wikipediat:
US bloodtype frequency:
O+ 38%
O- 7%
A+ 34%
A- 6%
B+ 9%
B- 2%
AB+ 3%
AB- 1%
Aus's distribution is pretty similar, with the AB bloodtype only being about 3-4% of the population.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_type
Certificates? Interesting. Here in the States, blood drives at universities are fairly common too, though I don't know how the statistics of how many university students continue donating after they've graduated.
rajio>
AB is a pretty rare blood type pretty much anywhere. Some stats from Wikipediat:
US bloodtype frequency:
O+ 38%
O- 7%
A+ 34%
A- 6%
B+ 9%
B- 2%
AB+ 3%
AB- 1%
Aus's distribution is pretty similar, with the AB bloodtype only being about 3-4% of the population.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_type
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