Abstract:
Among the several blood groups so far discovered, research on the ABO
group system has drawn the most interest principally due to its medical
importance I different diseases. A population of three thousand, three hundred
and forty students randomly selected from among student population of the
Kogi State University, Anyigba-Nigeria with the aim of having information
' on the distribution of the ABO and Rh blood groups along the major ethnic
groups in the State. Differences were observed in the distribution of tire blood
among the ethnic subjects with blood group O having the highest distribution
among the ABO groups and followed by tire B, while AB had tire least
cutting across the major ethnic groups so studied. Also the Rh positive had
the highest percentage while Rh negative had tire lowest across the ethnic
' groups in tire state.
