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From: jonab@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Jonathan Biggar)
Newsgroups: net.med
Subject: Re: Blood Type Distribution
Message-ID: <1541@sdcrdcf.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 10-Dec-84 12:24:16 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 10 12:24:16 1984
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Reply-To: jonab@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Jonathan Biggar)
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In article <1002@aecom.UUCP> werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner) writes:
>
>	In the U.S. the frequency for various blood types is 
>	O = 46%, A= 42%, B = 9%, AB=3% 
>
>	However in Japan, I know that Type B is actually in the majority.
>Does anyone have the exact figures, not just on the U.S. and Japan, but
>worldwide by race.

I don't know the exact statistics, but you will find that in all European
countries, and those settled by European countries, that type B blood
is very rare.  

I heard an explaination of this is that people with type B blood are more
likely to die if they catch bubonic plague.  The plague in the middle
ages killed off most of the people with B blood.  In other areas of the
world where the plague did not reach, you find about 50/50 A and B type
blood.

Jon Biggar
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