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Volume 31, Number 5—May 2025
Dispatch

Self-Reported SARS-CoV-2 Infections among National Blood Donor Cohort, United States, 2020–2022

Bryan R. SpencerComments to Author , Akintunde Akinseye, Eduard Grebe, Mars Stone, Karla G. Zurita, David J. Wright, James M. Haynes, Susan L. Stramer, and Michael P. Busch
Author affiliation: American Red Cross, Dedham, Massachusetts, USA (B.R. Spencer, J.M. Haynes); Westat, Rockville, Maryland, USA (A. Akinseye, D.J. Wright); Vitalant Research Institute, San Francisco, California, USA (E. Grebe, M. Stone, K.G. Zurita, M.P. Busch); Infectious Disease Consultant, North Potomac, Maryland, USA (S.L. Stramer)

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Table 1

Demographic description of underlying national blood donor cohort and survey responders for self-reported SARS-CoV-2 infections among national blood donor cohort, United States, 2020–2022

Demographic data
 Full cohort, no. (%)
 Completed index survey, no. (%)
All 142,599 (100%) 66,274 (46.5%)
Sex
F 74,561 (52.3) 36,659 (55.3)
M
 68,038 (47.7)
 29,615 (44.7)
Age group, y
16–29 12,357 (8.7) 2,468 (3.7)
30–49 39,054 (27.4) 14,733 (22.2)
50–64 52,507 (36.8) 26,061 (39.3)
>65
 38,681 (27.1)
 23,012 (34.7)
Race/ethnicity
Native American/Alaskan, non-Hispanic 795 (0.6) 210 (0.3)
Asian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic 3,816 (2.7) 1,308 (2.0)
Black, non-Hispanic 2,339 (1.6) 797 (1.2)
Hispanic 12,983 (9.1) 3,004 (4.5)
Other/mixed, non-Hispanic 1,518 (1.1) 511 (0.8)
Missing/unknown/refused 2,458 (1.7) 554 (0.8)
White, non-Hispanic
 118,690 (83.2)
 59,890 (90.4)
Cohort assignment, July 2021
Infected, not vaccinated 12,751 (8.9) 6,318 (9.5)
Infected, vaccinated 19,969 (14.0) 10,440 (15.8)
Not infected, not vaccinated 43,887 (30.8) 12,196 (18.4)
Not infected, vaccinated
 65,992 (46.3)
 37,320 (56.3)
Blood collection organization
American Red Cross 77,075 (54.1) 52,439 (79.1)
Vitalant 65,524 (45.9) 13,835 (20.9)

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