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    What is the rarest blood group in the world, and how many people are estimated to be the recipient of this blood type?

    Question #68575. Asked by QuizManChris. (Jul 21 06 2:49 PM)


    thefixxer

    		Distribution of ABO and Rh Blood types (averages for each population) Population
    O+ A+ B+ AB+ O− A− B− AB−
    USA 38% 34% 9% 3% 7% 6% 2% 1%
    UK 37% 35% 8% 3% 7% 7% 2% 1%
    Finland 27% 38% 15% 7% 4% 6% 2% 1%
    Sweden 32% 37% 10% 5% 6% 7% 2% 1%

    http://www.medlibrary.org/medwiki/Blood_groups

    Jul 21 06, 3:17 PM
    zbeckabee

    		Overall in the world, B is the rarest ABO blood allele. Only 16% of humanity have it.

    Great little maps on this site:

    http://anthro.palomar.edu/vary/vary_3.htm

    Jul 21 06, 6:33 PM

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