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While this may suggest a beneficial effect of blood donation, it may also reflect the selection of healthy persons into the donor population. To overcome this bias, we investigated the relation between blood donation frequency and mortality within a large cohort of blood donors. In addition, our analyses also took into consideration the effects of presumed health differences linked to donation behavior.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>STUDY DESIGN AND METHODS<\/jats:title><jats:p>Using the Scandinavian Donation and Transfusion database (SCANDAT), we assessed the association between annual number of donations in 5\u2010year windows and donor mortality by means of Poisson regression analysis. The analyses included adjustment for demographic characteristics and for an internal <jats:italic>healthy donor effect<\/jats:italic>, estimated among elderly donors exempted from continued donation because of age criteria.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title><jats:p>Statistical analyses included 1,182,495 donors of whom 15,401 died during 9,526,627 person\u2010years of follow\u2010up. Analyses adjusted only for demographic characteristics showed a 18.6% reduction in mortality per additional annual donation (95% confidence interval [CI], 16.8%\u201020.4%). After additional adjustment for the <jats:italic>internal healthy donor effect,<\/jats:italic> each additional annual donation was associated with a 7.5% decreased mortality risk 7.5% (95% CI, 5.7%\u20109.4%).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>CONCLUSION<\/jats:title><jats:p>We observed an inverse relationship between donation frequency and mortality. 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