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Analyzing the changes in the donor status within the donor pool will help the blood service authorities to manage the blood donation process.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Objectives<\/jats:title><jats:p>The study presents a multistate Markov jump model in analyzing the changes in blood donor status during their blood donation career. Relevant covariates are used to aid in explaining the transitions.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Materials and Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>The status of a blood donor <jats:italic>i<\/jats:italic> that can be in one of four states <jats:italic>S<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u2009{1; 2; 3; 4}. A new donor (<jats:italic>s<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20091), repeat\/regular donor (<jats:italic>s<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20092), occasional donor (<jats:italic>s<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20093), and lapsed donor (<jats:italic>s<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20094). A Continuous\u2010time Markov model was used to estimate blood donor progression during their blood donation career. Frequencies of blood donations made in a given time interval determines the state occupied.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>In the early years of blood donation career, first\u2010time donors have a higher likelihood of becoming regular donors. Donor attrition increases with time whilst donor retention decreases with time. The results show that when the jump process is currently in an occasional state, the probability that it moves into lapsed state when it leaves the occasional state is given as 69.06%. Similarly, donors are forecasted to spend 21.193\u2009months (1.8\u2009years) in the occasional state before lapsing. Repeat donors can spend 39.342\u2009months (3.3\u2009years) in the regular state before the transition to other states. The study established that donor\u2010specific demographic factors such as age and gender are critical in donor status transitions.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>With the passage of time, donor status evolves, with trend inclined towards reduction in the frequency of blood donations as more donors become inactive or lapsed. 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