TO STUDY THE DISTRIBUTION OF ABO BLOOD GROUP AND RH (D) FACTOR AMONG ETHNIC POPULATION OF LADAKH REGION IN THE AGE GROUP OF 15- 45: A CROSSECTIONAL STUDY.

The study was done to assess the distribution of blood group among Ethnic population of Ladakh region in the age group of 15- 45. A crossectional study was conducted for a period of two year in the month of June and July 2018.Random Sampling was done from all the zones of Tehsil Leh.Line listing of all eligible candidates in the age group of 15 ? 25 years was done. Standard methods was adopted for Blood grouping.It was done by Antigen Antibody agglutination test by commercially available standard antiseras Anti A,Anti B,Anti AB and Anti D done by test tube method. Data was entered in Microsoft excel and analysis done by SPSS and expressed in terms of number and percentage. Majority of the subjects were in the age group of 25-35.Most of the subjects belong to blood group A (53.8%) followed by 23% of blood group B and least blood group constitute O blood group (3.8%).Blood group A +ve was common among females, blood group B among males and almost equal distribution of blood group AB. Most of the participants were in the age group of 35-45 years.Regarding the Rh D status , 119 were Rh+ve and 11 were Rh ? ve. A +ve was most common followed by B+ ve and AB +ve