Tracking Data

Message from the New Jersey Workplace Blood Donor Coalition:

Increasing New Jersey’s blood supply is our primary goal.  To help us monitor our progress we will track blood collection data reported by the state’s eight blood centers to the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS).  This information, provided on a quarterly basis, will enable us to determine if we are increasing the number of units of blood collected from current donors and whether individual and collective efforts by the Coalition, blood centers and others to recruit new first-time donors are having an impact.

Our data tracking begins with the third quarter of 2008 (July through September), which represents the first full quarter following the establishment of the Coalition on June 16, 2008.  It is important to note that this quarter is historically the lowest blood collection period of the year. 

We encourage visitors to monitor this page as the Coalition continues to post quarterly comparative data collected by NJ’s eight blood centers. These blood centers collect 95% of all donated blood in the state.  Hospitals collect the balance of 5%.

Annual Blood Collection Totals For New Jersey

Total Blood Donations: 2007
New Jersey Allogeneic Red Blood Cell (RBC) Collections

In 2007, New Jersey’s eight licensed blood centers collected 287,463 units of allogeneic blood (blood collected from a donor for transfusion to another individual).

Total Blood Donations: 2008
New Jersey Allogeneic Red Blood Cell (RBC) Collections

In 2008, New Jersey’s eight licensed blood centers collected 334,341 units of allogeneic blood (blood collected from a donor for transfusion to another individual).

Quarterly Blood Collection Reports

First Quarter 2009
New Jersey Allogeneic Red Blood Cell (RBC) Collections

The comparative data presented here for January/February/March 2008 and 2009 reflect the third time for which unduplicated and first-time donor statistics were requested.  Although not all blood center data systems were able to provide these numbers for this quarter, the numbers show increases consistent with the increase in blood donations for 2008.    

1. Allogeneic RBC Collections¹ reported by New Jersey’s eight licensed Blood Centers

2. Number of Unduplicated Donors² reported by eight of the eight licensed  Blood Centers

3. Number of First-Time Donors³ reported by six of the eight licensed blood centers

Fourth Quarter 2008
New Jersey Allogeneic Red Blood Cell (RBC) Collections

The comparative data presented here for October/November/December 2007 and 2008 reflect the second time for which unduplicated and first-time donor statistics were requested.  Although not all blood center data systems were able to provide these numbers for this quarter, the numbers show increases consistent with the increase in blood donations for 2008.   

1. Allogeneic RBC Collections¹ reported by New Jersey’s eight licensed Blood Centers

2. Number of Unduplicated Donors² Reported by six of the eight licensed  Blood Centers

3. Number of First-Time Donors³ reported by six of the eight licensed blood centers

Third Quarter 2008
New Jersey Allogeneic Red Blood Cell (RBC) Collections

The comparative data presented here for July/August/September 2007 and 2008 reflect the first time for which unduplicated and first-time donor statistics were requested.  Although not all blood center data systems were able to provide these numbers for this quarter, the numbers show increases consistent with the increase in blood donations for 2008.  

1. Allogeneic RBC Collections¹ reported by New Jersey’s eight licensed Blood Centers

2. Number of Unduplicated Donors² reported by six of the eight licensed  Blood Centers

3. Number of First-Time Donors³ reported by seven of the eight licensed blood centers

Footnotes

1. Allogeneic blood is blood donated from another individual, which is typically stored and then provided through a transfusion.
    
2. Unduplicated donor numbers reflect reporting by New Jersey’s eight licensed blood centers. When one year of data on unduplicated donors is available, New Jersey will be able to determine the average number of units of blood donated per donor. Nationally, the average number of units donated annually per donor is 1.7.
   
   
3. Most New Jersey blood center data systems did not collect information on first-time ever blood donors prior to July 2008. The numbers presented here represent the number of donors who donated for the first time at the six reporting blood centers, but not necessarily for the first time ever. This number is believed to be a reasonably accurate proxy for first-time the donor ever donated blood anywhere.