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29.5% Rh- in the Al-Jouf Province of Saudi Arabia

29.5% Rh- in the Al-Jouf Province of Saudi Arabia

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A 2017 study showing 29.5% of 400 adult men of the Al-Jouf province in Saudi Arabia being rh negative has been brought to my attention:

ABO and RHD blood grouping was carried out on 400 Saudi adult male subjects, 100 each from Sakaka, Domaht Al-Jandal, Al-Qurayat and Sweer cities of the Al-Jouf Province of the Saudi Arabia. Finger prick blood samples were tested for both the blood groups by routine slide method. In the total material studied here from the Al-Jouf Province, blood group O was found highest (0.628), followed by A (0.193), B (0.179) and AB (7.3%) while the percentage of RHD Positive (0.705) was greater than RHD negative(0.295). This study could have significant implications for the major blood banks in Al-Jouf area where certain blood groups are needed more than others in emergency conditions. In addition, the data generated would be helpful to the researchers to explore the factors responsible for the observed distribution patterns of the studied blood group systems.


Source:
Distribution of ABO and Rhesus (RHD) Blood Groups in Al-Jouf Province of the Saudi Arabia
Mohamed Hassan Eweidah, Shaik Rahiman, M.D. Hassan Ali & Abdullah Mohamed Dbas Al-Shamary
In addition to the high rh negative frequencies, the study also shows 62.8% of the men being blood type O.
The Al-Jouf province in Saudi Arabia borders the country of Jordan. On a national level, rh negative frequencies in Jordan have been shown to be around 12.8 percent.
On a national level, Saudi Arabia is around 7.3% rh- and 52% blood type O.
This once again highlights the importance of determining blood type frequencies on regional rather than national levels.

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5 Comments

  1. Rachel R July 31, 2018

    Glad to see you posting again regularly. Love the thoroughly researched information you share. MNiss you hope your doing well.

    • Mike DammannAuthor August 1, 2018

      Thank you, Rachel. This means a lot to me. I know you wouldn’t say it if you didn’t mean it.

  2. kellie urban August 1, 2018

    thank you! Being an O rh- this is super interesting.
    Though I believe I’ve decided (haha) the Basque region does me well, to have descended from, since my relatives came from France/Belgium. 😉
    Speaking of that.. ever read anything of the DuPont Family blood..? since they are kinda ‘er uh ..”well known.” (fyi, I oppose my heritage w/ all the chemicals and work w/Monsanto etc) But alas my Great Grandmother is still a DuPont.

  3. Miki November 17, 2022

    That allegedly “savage” and nomad place is actually the epicenter of something as Universally IMPORTANT AS THE BIBLE!!!!!
    So much culture in there.

    Another victory for the Rh- race.
    Btw, that’s a bridge between Israel and Arabia, thus they’re a vector of Y-haplogroup J1

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