What are the major blood types?If your blood type is:You can give to:You can receive from:O NegativeAll Blood TypesO-A NegativeA-, A+, AB-, AB+A-, O-B NegativeB-, B+, AB-, AB+B-, O-AB NegativeAB-, AB+AB-, A-, B-, O-4 more rows
Patients with AB negative blood type can receive red blood cells from all negative blood types.
Donors with blood type AB... can donate to recipients with blood type AB only. Donors with blood type O... can donate to recipients with blood types A, B, AB and O (O is the universal donor: donors with O blood are compatible with any other blood type)
Donors with blood type A… can donate to recipients with blood types A and AB. Donors with blood type B… can donate to recipients with blood types B and AB.Aug 4, 2016
AB+ blood has both A and B antigens at the surface of the red blood cells, while other blood groups (A and B) only have one, or lack them altogether (group O). Because of this unique combination, AB+ donors' blood can only be given to others with AB+ blood.Dec 22, 2014
Distribution of blood types in the United States as of 2021, by ethnicityCharacteristicO-positiveAB-positiveCaucasian37%3%African American47%4%Asian39%7%Latino-American53%2%Oct 14, 2021
There are dozens of blood typing systems, but the most used are the ABO and Rh systems, which provide the eight basic blood types. Generally, AB-negative is considered to be the rarest blood type. But because blood type is linked to genetics, there's no single type considered the rarest worldwide.
Type AB- is the rarest of all the blood types, with just 1% of the population having it. AB- donors are the universal plasma and platelet donor, meaning any patient can receive their plasma and platelets.
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%
As shown above, Type O- blood can be used in transfusions for any blood type. Type O blood is constantly in high demand in hospitals because O- is the universal donor and O+ is the most common blood type. The least common blood types are B- and AB-....Blood Type by Country 2022.CountryBoliviaO+51.53%A+29.45%B+10.11%AB+1.15%46 more columns
Is A negative blood rare? Around 8% of donors have A negative blood.
To get paid big money one must be extremely rare or have a good pattern of positive and negative antigens. People who are O negative or AB negative are not necesarily “rare donors.” There are 40 plus key antigens that must be negative or positive to be considered rare.