Number of red blood cell transfusions by location U.S. 2019

In 2019, there were an estimated 1,277,000 red blood cell transfusions in emergency departments in the United States. This graph shows the total number of red blood cell (RBC) transfusions in the United States in 2017 and 2019, by location.

Number of red blood cell (RBC) transfusions in the United States in 2017 and 2019, by location (in 1,000s)

Characteristic	2017	2019
All surgery (including transplant)	1,409	1,380
Emergency department	1,042	1,277
Inpatient medicine (including hematology/oncology)	3,896	3,909
Obstetrics/Gynecology	241	219
Pediatrics	143	159
Neonates	106	103
Critical care	1,718	1,810
Outpatient and nonacute inpatient settings*	1,416	1,512

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Release date

June 2021

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2017 and 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."
* Includes outpatient dialysis, rehabilitation, long term care.

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