A BS T R A C T BACKGROUNDBlood is an essential element for human life which constitutes nearly 7% of the human body weight. Blood transfusion is lifesaving in many conditions. Safe blood transfusion is therefore very essential. In order to ensure safe and adequate blood supply when needed, voluntary blood donation must be promoted among healthy individuals. METHODSA retrospective record-based study was done using the records available at MIMS, Mandya during the period January 2017 to December 2017. Analysis was done using MS Excel. A total of 10740 records of blood donors were included in this study. RESULTSOut of 10740 donors, 85.43% of the donors were between 18-35 years; 59.35% of the donors were from rural areas and 96% of them were males. About 93% donors belonged to Hindu religion. Voluntary donors constituted 68.52% of the blood donations. CONCLUSIONSThis study found that certain socio-demographic factors affect blood donation and efforts have to be made to increase voluntary blood donation among the population.
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