- More than 38,000 blood donations are needed every day.
- Every year our nation requires about 5 Crore units of blood, out of which only a meager 2.5 Crore units of blood are available.
- Every two seconds someone needs blood.
- A single car accident victim can require as many as 100 units of blood.
- The average red blood cell transfusion is approximately 3 pints.
- The gift of blood is the gift of life. There is no substitute for human blood.
- The blood type most often requested by hospitals is Type O.
- More than 1 million new people are diagnosed with cancer each year. Many of them will need blood, sometimes daily, during their chemotherapy treatment.
- A total of 30 million blood components are transfused each year.
- Sickle cell patients can require frequent blood transfusions throughout their lives.
