Whole blood and red blood cell units collected by facility type U.S. 2019

In 2019, there were an estimated 11,590,000 whole blood and red blood cell units collected in the United States. Of this total, around 11,167,000 units were collected from blood centers. This graph shows the total number of whole blood and red blood cell units collected in the United States in 2019, by facility type.

Total numbers of whole blood and red blood cell (RBC) units collected in the United States in 2019, by facility type (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	Whole blood units	Apheresis RBC units*
Blood centers	9,379	1,789
Hospitals	412	11

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Release date

June 2021

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2019

Method of interview

Online omnibus survey

Supplementary notes

Data is from the National Blood Collection and Utilization Survey (NBCUS).
The 2019 NBCUS "was distributed to all US blood collection centers, all hospitals performing ≥1000 surgeries annually, and a 40% random sample of hospitals performing 100–999 surgeries annually. The response rates for the 2019 NBCUS were 94.3%(50/53) for community-based blood collection facilities, 84% (76/90) for hospital-based blood collection facilities, and 76% (2140/2808) for transfusing hospitals."
* Apheresis RBC units include allogeneic, autologous, directed, and concurrent collections.

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