Learn More About Your Blood Type Compatibility Only 1 in 16 people have A negative blood. If you have A negative blood you can donate to anyone with a blood type of A or AB regardless of the positive or negative, however if you have A negative blood you can only receive A- or O- blood.
A: Type A individuals can donate to other type A individuals and type AB individuals. Type A individuals can receive blood only from other type A individuals and type O individuals.
Blood A+ can donate to A+ and AB+ Blood A- can donate to A+, A-, AB+ and AB- Blood B+ can donate to B+ and AB+ Blood B- can donate to B+, B-, AB+ and AB-Nov 22, 2016
Who can receive O positive blood? Anyone with an Rh positive blood type can receive O positive red blood cells – so that's A positive, B positive and AB positive as well as O positive. That means 3 in 4 people, or around 76% of the population, can benefit from your donation.
Why you have an A+ blood type If you have type A blood, your parents had one of the following possible combinations of blood types: AB and AB. AB and B.May 23, 2019
Because of this unique combination, AB+ donors' blood can only be given to others with AB+ blood. However, AB+ is the universal recipient blood type, meaning that patients with AB+ blood can receive blood from donors of any blood type if they require a transfusion.Dec 22, 2014
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. This blood type is acknowledged to be the “universal recipient” because AB+ people can accept red blood cells from any other blood type.
type ABIn the U.S., the blood type AB, Rh negative is considered the rarest, while O positive is most common.May 18, 2020