Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site sdcrdcf.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!bonnie!akgua!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!jonab 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 Article-I.D.: sdcrdcf.1541 Posted: Mon Dec 10 12:24:16 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 12-Dec-84 04:42:45 EST References: <1002@aecom.UUCP> Reply-To: jonab@sdcrdcf.UUCP (Jonathan Biggar) Distribution: net Organization: System Development Corp. R+D, Santa Monica Lines: 21 Summary: 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 {allegra,burdvax,cbosgd,hplabs,ihnp4,sdccsu3}!sdcrdcf!jonab