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How rare is AB positive blood type?

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AB Positive. As an AB blood donor, you have a unique opportunity to enhance your generous “gift of life”. People with AB Negative (.6% of the population) and AB Positive (3.4%) are potential universal plasma donors. You may not know, but there is a special need for AB Plasma. read more

O blood type people inherited two O genes. People with AB blood inherited an A gene from one parent and a B gene from the other. Based on the underlying number of people in the A and B blood types, the odds of that particular combination happening are simply lower than any other possibility. read more

It is considerably a rare blood type that is present in only 1 out of 29 individuals. This means an approximately 3.4% of the population has an AB positive blood. Not all of the ethnic groups share the same proportions of the AB positive blood type though. read more

People with the rare AB blood group are more likely to develop memory loss, a study has found. U.S. researchers found that people with the rare bloody type were 82 per cent more likely to develop thinking and memory problems that can lead to dementia, than people with other blood types. read more

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