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Blood Facts and Stats

  • 1 pint of blood can save up to 3 lives
  • Every 2 seconds someone needs a blood transfusion
  • 5 million patients in he US need blood every year
  • Less than 38 percent of the population is eligible to give blood
  • Blood cannot be manufactured; it can only come from volunteer donors
  • 30 million blood components are transfused each year
  • Platelets, criticle for cancer patients, have a shelf life of only 5 days
  • Adults have 10-12 pints of blood in their body - 1 pints is given during a donation
  • Only 7% of people in the US have the Universal donor blood type, O negative
  • The Red Cross started providing blood for patients in 1940
  • Donors can give blood every 56 dyas. Platelet donors can give every 3 days