Daily Blood Donations by Blood Group
Data as of 12 Feb 2026, 23:59Daily blood donations at national level for each of the 4 major blood groups. The table provides a preview of the dataset using the most recent 2 years of data.
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How is this data produced?
This dataset is produced from administrative records maintained by the National Blood Centre (Pusat Darah Negara). The dataset is current as of the most recent date.
What caveats I should bear in mind when using this data?
The true number of daily blood donations may be marginally higher, as certain donation centres may not have updated their records for the most recent dates.
Publication(s) using this data
KKMNOW features a dashboard on Blood Donation where you can explore this data in a more interactive way.
Metadata
Dataset description
Daily blood donations at national level for each of the 4 major blood groups. The table provides a preview of the dataset using the most recent 2 years of data.
Variable definitions
- Date
- Blood Type
- Donations
Name in Dataset | Variable | Definition |
|---|---|---|
date | Date | Date in YYYY-MM-DD format |
blood_type | Blood Type | Blood group (all, a, b, o, ab) |
donations | Donations | Number of blood donations |
Last updated:
N/A
Next update:
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Data source(s)
- National Blood Centre
- Ministry of Health Malaysia
URLs to dataset
License
This data is made open under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). A copy of the license is available Here.
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Code
Connect directly to the data with Python.
# If not already installed, do: pip install pandas fastparquet
import pandas as pd
URL_DATA = 'https://storage.data.gov.my/healthcare/blood_donations.parquet'
df = pd.read_parquet(URL_DATA)
if 'date' in df.columns: df['date'] = pd.to_datetime(df['date'])
print(df)Sample OpenAPI query
The following code is an example of how to make an API query to retrieve the data catalogue mentioned above. You can use different programming languages by switching the code accordingly. For a complete guide on possible query parameters and syntax, please refer to the official Open API Documentation.
import requests
import pprint
url = "https://api.data.gov.my/data-catalogue?id=blood_donations&limit=3"
response_json = requests.get(url=url).json()
pprint.pprint(response_json)
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