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Questions and answers about blood donation

Published November 28, 2008, 8:29 am, Keokuk Daily Gate City

How much blood is donated each year? About 12.6 million units (including approximately 643,000 autologous donations) of whole blood are donated in the United States each year by approximately eight million volunteer blood donors. These units are transfused to about four million patients per year.

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