Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site aecom.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!cmcl2!philabs!aecom!werner From: werner@aecom.UUCP (Craig Werner) Newsgroups: net.med,net.sci Subject: Blood Type Distribution Message-ID: <1002@aecom.UUCP> Date: Wed, 5-Dec-84 18:28:25 EST Article-I.D.: aecom.1002 Posted: Wed Dec 5 18:28:25 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 8-Dec-84 05:27:02 EST Distribution: net Organization: Albert Einstein Coll. of Med., NY Lines: 17 Xref: watmath net.med:1139 net.sci:248 This question was asked me during a recent blood drive here. 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. Mail me, or if you decide to post, post only to net.med (not both .med and .sci - to avoid duplication.) -- Craig Werner !philabs!aecom!werner What do you expect? Watermelons are out of season!