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• More than 4.5 million patients need blood transfusions each year in the US and Canada. would die each year without life saving blood transfusions.
• 43,000 pints of donated blood are used each day in the US and Canada.
• Every three seconds someone needs blood.
  On average, one out of every 7 people entering the hospital will need blood.
• Blood banks often run short of type O and B blood.
• The average red-cell transfusion amounts to 2.7 pints.

How Blood Helps

• Each unit of donated blood can be separated into several components (red cells, plasma, platelets, cryoprecipitate).
• As components, just one pint of donated blood can help up to 3 people.

Among 100% of People, Blood Types Are Distributed As Follows:

How Blood Works

• Healthy bone marrow makes red cells, plasma, and platelets constantly.
• Blood components fight infection and helps heal wounds.
• Red cells carry oxygen to organs and body tissues.
• Platelets help blood clot and may give people with leukemia and other cancers a chance to live.