This study was made on the sexes, ages, resident areas, occupations, educational levels, the number of blood donation, and HBs antigen associated with serum hepatitis from 852 volunteer blood donors inorder to see their social ladder, voluntary spirit, and HBs ag. positive rate.
The results were summarlized as followings:
1) Male, 16-20 ages group, Seoul area, students, middle and high school graduates, and the first donors of them had trend the highest.
2) In them HBs ag. positive rate was 4.1%.
In the vast social ladder, therefore, more people should take in blood donation voluntarily.
HBs ag. positive rate was reduced more than in the past but still higher than in the advanced nations, and it is necessary to develop immunological prevention against serum hepatitis.
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