ABSTRACT
Objective: The objective was to determine the frequency of different blood groups in the region, which would not only help in blood transfusion services but also eliminate the risk of erythroblastosis fetalis in the neonates
Method: Blood group determination was carried out over a period of 16 months from January 2002 to April 2003, and encompassed 2581 subjects, in which 57.09% were male and 42.9% female, these were categorized by their groups, A, B, AB, and O
Results: The percentage of these groups were 31.03% [A], 36.23% [B], 7.67% [AB], and 25.07% [O]. The Rh positive and negative distribution in the studied population was 89.23% and 10.77% respectively
Conclusion: The studied population exhibited a predominance of group B, in the order of B>A>O>and AB, as well as Rh positive antigen for both male [90.26%] and female [87.98%] subjects within the population, with Rh negative men and women being 9.74% and 12.02% respectively