{"id":16819,"date":"2023-05-08T01:52:25","date_gmt":"2023-05-08T01:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/?p=16819"},"modified":"2023-05-08T02:16:45","modified_gmt":"2023-05-08T02:16:45","slug":"24-in-the-uk-are-rh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/24-in-the-uk-are-rh\/","title":{"rendered":"24% in the UK are Rh-?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"24% in the UK are Rh-?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>\n<p>This is a prime example for why we need to be cautious in terms of where data provided originates. Looking at the updated version of Wikipedia&#8217;s chart, the new number of Rh- frequencies for the UK has been listed as 13%, 8%, 2% and 1% for blood types O, A, B and AB (all negative) respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the source given:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.blood.co.uk\/why-give-blood\/blood-types\/\">https:\/\/www.blood.co.uk\/why-give-blood\/blood-types\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What are the&nbsp;rarest&nbsp;blood types?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>There are eight main blood types but some&nbsp;are rarer than others. The list below shows the percentage of donors with each blood type:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>O positive: 35%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>O negative: 13%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A positive: 30%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A negative: 8%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>B positive: 8%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>B negative: 2%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AB positive: 2%<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>AB negative: 1%<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Data accurate at December 2018. Percentage figures have been rounded to the nearest whole number.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see, the list shows percentage of DONORS with each blood type.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Blood drives are often responsible for high Rh- frequencies among donors, especially O- ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Looking at a previous chart, here is what the actual numbers may much more likely look like:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rhesusnegative.net\/themission\/bloodtypefrequencies\/unitedkingdom\/northernireland\/\">https:\/\/rhesusnegative.net\/themission\/bloodtypefrequencies\/unitedkingdom\/northernireland\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, exclude Northern Ireland for now where Rh- frequencies appear to be huge. Past 27%. Look also at the sample sizes and see how all O- frequencies apart from NI are shown to be less than 10%. Definitely not 13%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for London: Only around 13% appear to be Rh- (Rh-, not O- which is at only 5.9%).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>London has remained the region with both the largest proportion of people born outside the UK and the largest proportion of people with non-UK passports. In 2021, more than 4 in 10 (40.6%) usual residents in London were non-UK born, and more than 1 in 5 (23.3%) had a non-UK passport.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Similar to them:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-the-rh-negative-blog wp-block-embed-the-rh-negative-blog\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"BVJH1OHNlT\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/rh-negative-frequencies-in-australia-dropped-from-19-to-14\/\">Rh negative frequencies in Australia DROPPED from 19% to 14%<\/a><\/blockquote><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Rh negative frequencies in Australia DROPPED from 19% to 14%&#8221; &#8212; The Rh Negative Blog\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/rh-negative-frequencies-in-australia-dropped-from-19-to-14\/embed\/#?secret=nMMJLEhMbM#?secret=BVJH1OHNlT\" data-secret=\"BVJH1OHNlT\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Personality traits of people with blood type O negative\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6eDu8rwMBqs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png?w=640&#038;ssl=1\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"24% in the UK are Rh-?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"24% in the UK are Rh-?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>This is a prime example for why we need to be cautious in terms of where data provided originates. Looking at the updated version of Wikipedia&#8217;s chart, the new number of Rh- frequencies for the UK has been listed as 13%, 8%, 2% and 1% for blood types O, A, B and AB (all negative) respectively. This is the source given: https:\/\/www.blood.co.uk\/why-give-blood\/blood-types\/ As you can see, the list shows percentage of DONORS with each blood type. Blood drives are often responsible for high Rh- frequencies among donors, especially O- ones. Looking at a previous chart, here is what the actual numbers may much more likely look like: https:\/\/rhesusnegative.net\/themission\/bloodtypefrequencies\/unitedkingdom\/northernireland\/ Of course, exclude Northern Ireland for now where Rh- frequencies appear to <div style=\"padding-bottom:20px; padding-top:10px;\" class=\"hupso-share-buttons\"><!-- Hupso Share Buttons - https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/ --><a class=\"hupso_toolbar\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hupso.com\/share\/\"><img src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/buttons\/share-medium.png\" style=\"border:0px; padding-top:5px; float:left;\" alt=\"Share Button\"\/><\/a><script type=\"text\/javascript\">var hupso_services_t=new Array(\"Twitter\",\"Facebook\",\"Pinterest\",\"Linkedin\");var hupso_background_t=\"#EAF4FF\";var hupso_border_t=\"#66CCFF\";var hupso_toolbar_size_t=\"medium\";var hupso_twitter_via = \"datebytype\";var hupso_image_folder_url = \"\";var hupso_twitter_via=\"datebytype\";var hupso_url_t=\"\";var hupso_title_t=\"24% in the UK are Rh-?\";<\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hupso.com\/share\/js\/share_toolbar.js\"><\/script><!-- Hupso Share Buttons --><\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"amp_status":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16819","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-facts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5DV68-4nh","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16819","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16819"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16819\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16825,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16819\/revisions\/16825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16819"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16819"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rhesusnegative.net\/staynegative\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16819"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}