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Table. 4.

Annual number of blood donations by blood donation method in Korea

Whole blood Apheresis Others Total
320 mL 400 mL Platelet Multi
component*
Plasma for
fractionation
2015 870,507 1,283,368 21,794 210,000 696,552 697 3,082,918
2016 814,416 1,328,792 21,586 234,304 466,638 596 2,866,330
2017 802,983 1,336,962 15,973 224,654 547,471 637 2,928,670
2018 790,936 1,330,056 16,999 217,905 526,847 527 2,883,270
2019 801,299 1,292,845 16,590 214,815 465,046 497 2,791,092
2020 682,492 1,282,141 18,672 226,991 400,653 452 2,611,401
2021 721,543 1,255,555 21,734 240,949 364,081 575 2,604,437
2022 767,598 1,230,510 21,128 242,221 387,085 465 2,649,007

*Multi-component refers to apheresis platelets and plasma products collected simultaneously.

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