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Table 3 Cross tabulation of HBV Status of voluntary and replacement blood donors by age

From: Prevalence of hepatitis B virus infection among blood donors at the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana (2009)

Age* (years)

HBV Positive (%)

HBV Negative (%)

Total (%)

 

VBD

RBD

VBD

RBD

VBD

RBD

11-19

18(29.03)

38(5.6)

117(22.76)

232(4.49)

135(23.44)

270(4.62)

20-29

43(69.35)

407(60.03)

265(51.56)

2,470(47.8)

308(53.47)

2,877(49.22)

30-39

1(1.61)

190(28.02)

106(20.62)

1,891(36.6)

107(18.58)

2,081(35.6)

40-49

0(0)

40(5.9)

26(5.06)

500(9.68)

264.51)

540(9.24)

50-59

-

3(0.44)

-

74(1.43)

-

77(1.32)

Total

62(100)

678(100)

514(100)

5,167 (100)

576(100)

5,845(100)

  1. VBD Voluntary blood donors; RBD Replacement blood donors; Pearson chi2 for VBD (3) = 18.1044; P-value < 0.001; Pearson chi2 for RBD (4) = 45.9008 P-value < 0.001