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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 holds more than 200,000 blood drives every year The Red Cross started providing blood for patients in 1940 Donors can give blood every 56 dyas. Platelet donors can give every 3 days