Table 2: Blood donation profiles among all the donors at MAHSC in southwest Ethiopia.

Variables Categories Frequency Percent
Ever donated blood (n=394) Yes 140 35.5
No 254 64.5
Number of times blood has been donated (n=140) Once 72 51.4
Twice 49 35.0
Three or more 19 13.6
Last time you have donated blood (n=140) Current donors 97 69.3
Elapsed donors 43 30.7
The place of your last donation (n=140) Health institution 64 45.7
Blood bank 58 41.4
Blood bank campaigns 18 12.9
Type of blood donation (n=140) Voluntary 120 85.7
Replacement 13 9.3
Paid 7 5.0