which of the blood groups are rare?

Answer 1

Don't forget Type O Bombay!

When typing blood, the different antigens on the surface of the blood cell indicate its type.

Type A = A antigen present
Type B = B antigen present
Type AB = both A and B antigens present
Type O = no antigen present ..... or is there?

Type O actually has what looks like a 'stalk' of an antigen. So ...

if antigen A looked like <----
and
if antigen B looked like ---->
then
antigen O would look like ----

In a blood Type O Bombay, not even the little 'stalk' is present. This makes it one of the rarest blood types in the world.

Answer 2

I have rare Anti Vel B positive blood This is very rare and poses a problem if I need a transfusion, how would they keep me alive in an emergency and how other people In the uk have my blood type

Answer 3

AB negative, i have give being give people blood since i was 9 because of my rare blood type

Answer 4

AB negative however my daughter is AB positive which is also rare. She feels she needs to give blood but AB+ can ONLY be given to AB+ so the donation is pointless. The blood bank need the most common group O most as it can be given to any patient

Answer 5

there are many groups which fall into rare category, i think you mentioning the RH system in them its the 0negative and b negative.

there are some other blood groups such as the bombay blood groups which are rare, then there are typical blood groups in north eastern side

Answer 6

UK stats just for interest from the National Blood Service (I'm guessing they may have rounded them up/down so very close to the USA ....)

O+ = 37%
O- = 7%
A+ = 35%
A- = 7%
B+ = 8%
B- = 2%
AB+ = 3%
AB- = 1%

Would love to see the statistics for somewhere in Asia/Middle East just to check the global trends !!!

Answer 7

It depends on the region you mean. For instance, in America (the continent), type 0 is the most common, whereas in Europe it is less common.

Answer 8

it's blood group AB, more particularly, AB negative.

Answer 9

Most rare blood type is AB negative - only about 0.45% of the population in the U.S.
B negative - 1.50%
AB positive - 2.55%
A neg - 6.30%
O neg - 6.75%
B pos - 8.5%
A pos - 35.70%
O pos - 38.25%
The incidence of different types varies around the US, probably because of different ethnicities, and methods [ or not ] of intermarraiges.

Answer 10

0 and B positive