International Journal of Health Care Sciences, April - Sep 2014  Vol 2 issue 1

Frequency and Distribution of ABO and Rhesus (D) Blood groups in and around Tumkur, Karnataka Study from Teritiary Care Teaching Hospital

Dr. Krishna M C Asst  Professor,  Dr.Sharadha.M S Professor & HOD, Dept of Pathology,  Dr Raman M Hulinaykar, Asst  Professor, Dept of Medicine, Dr.Harish S G. Professor, Dept of Pathology,  Sri Shridevi Institute of Medical Sciences and Research hospital, Tumkur, Karnataka,India.

Abstract :

Blood groups play a vital role in immunologic safety of  whole blood or blood components  transfusion. The ABO and Rhesus (Rh) blood group are the major blood group systems. The frequencies and distribution of ABO and Rhesus-D blood groups vary from one population to another in different regions of the same country and also in different parts of the world. The main objective was to document the frequency and distribution of ABO and Rhesus (D) groups in and around Tumkur, Karnataka, India. In the present study, 4823 subjects were examined for blood groups.The commonest blood group was O (37.90%), followed by  group B (31.85%) and group A (21.54%). The least common blood group was AB (8.71%). The prevalence of Rh positive and negative distribution in the studied population was 94.65% and 5.35% respectively.