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How Rare Is My Type?*
Blood Type | How Many Have It | Frequency |
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A + | 1 person in 3 | 35.7% |
A – | 1 person in 16 | 6.3% |
B + | 1 person in 12 | 8.5% |
B – | 1 person in 67 | 1.5% |
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What is special about blood type A negative? ›
Why is A negative blood important? A negative red blood cells can be used to treat around 40% of the population. However, A negative platelets are particularly important because they can be given to people from all blood groups. That's why A negative platelets are called the 'universal platelet type'.
What is the healthiest blood type? ›
Of the eight main blood types, people with Type O have the lowest risk for heart attacks and blood clots in the legs and lungs. This may be because people with other blood types have higher levels of certain clotting factors, which are proteins that cause blood to coagulate (solidify).
What is the disadvantage of A+ blood group? ›
Research has suggested that people with certain blood types may be at risk of developing specific diseases or conditions. People with type A blood also have a higher natural propensity for developing other diseases, such as cancer and diabetes.
What is the 3 rarest blood type? ›
Most Rare Blood Type
- AB-negative – 1 %
- B-negative – 2 %
- AB-positive – 4 %
- A-negative – 6 %
- O-negative – 7 %
- B-positive – 11 %
- A-positive – 32 %
- O-positive – 40 %
What blood type are most Caucasian? ›
Most common blood type by ethnicity
- African American: 47% O-positive, 24% A-positive, and 18% B-positive.
- Latin American: 53% O-positive, 29% A-positive, and 9% B-positive.
- Asian: 39% O-positive, 27% A-positive, and 25% B-positive.
- Caucasian: 37% O-positive, 33% A-positive, and 9% B-positive.
Which blood type lives the longest? ›
Blood type B was observed more frequently in centenarians than in controls (χ2=8.41, P=0.04). This tendency also was true in comparison between centenarians and 118 elderly old individuals of the 7153.
Which blood group has the highest IQ? ›
In 2014, a study conducted in Jordan found significant associa- tion between blood group and intelligence with the highest IQ levels reported among individuals with 'AB' blood type [13].
What blood type does not catch COVID? ›
Resource Links. Bloomberg Several studies have now shown that people with blood type O are less susceptible to contracting Covid, and those with blood type A are more likely to get it. In the early days of the pandemic, those findings were hotly debated.
What should blood type A avoid? ›
Those with type A blood should choose fruit, vegetables, tofu, seafood, turkey, and whole grains but avoid meat. For weight loss, seafood, vegetables, pineapple, olive oil, and soy are best; dairy, wheat, corn, and kidney beans should be avoided.
What diet is best for people with A+ blood type? The diet recommends eating protein at the start of the day. Canned sardines or a smoothie made with silken tofu and goat milk may be a good option. Limited amounts of animal protein, such as turkey and eggs, are allowed on this diet plan.
What's special about A+ blood? ›
You Have the Power To Save Lives
Your platelets are the most powerful part of your A+ blood. Platelets can be donated as often as every seven days, recommended every 14, and up to 24 times a year. Platelets are in high demand by hospitals and help cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy.
How common is blood group A negative? ›
A negative: 8% B positive: 8% B negative: 2% AB positive: 2%
How old is blood type A? ›
Although Type A is the genetic ancestor, it appears to have disappeared in humans a very long time ago, and then 'resurrected' itself about 300,000 years ago. [REF: Kitano T1, Blancher A, Saitou N. The functional A allele was resurrected via recombination in the human ABO blood group gene. Mol Biol Evol.
Where does blood type A come from? ›
Based on the primary races hypothesis, it was thought that in the three major races of man, blood groups A in Europe, B in Asian, and finally O in South America have been emerged and gradually due to the migration and mixing of the races, became the present situation.
Is it rare to have 2 blood types? ›
Twin blood group chimerism seems to be very rare in humans. The 30-40 previously reported cases usually were found by mere coincidence during routine blood grouping in hospitals or blood banks. Usually in these cases frank blood group mixtures of, for example, 50/50%, 25/75%, or 5/95% at most were seen.