the abo and rh blood groups of 9753 pregnant women were determined in the amin maternity hospital, isfahan, iran, from march 23, 1976 to july 11, 1977. their abo blood group frequencies were calculated as follows: 0=38.20%, a=30.67%, b=23.84% and ab=7.26%. also, 90.02% of the women were rh positive and the rest, namely, 9.98% were rh negative.