Who is more likely to be colorblind?

men
women
sailors
everyone with the same probability
It is much less likely for a woman to be red-green colorblind than a man, since this common type of color blindness is caused by a recessive gene in the X chromosome. For a woman, both of her X chromosomes would have to be affected. A man only has one X chromosome, so he is more likely to be color-blind.
Mike Stanaway
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Answers by country

men
women
sailors
everyone with the same probability
answers
flagRepublic of Ireland
95%
0%
0%
5%
60
flagthe Netherlands
84%
4%
0%
9%
44
flagAustria
80%
4%
3%
8%
131
flagSwitzerland
80%
3%
7%
8%
95
flagPoland
79%
3%
2%
14%
20164
flagBelarus
75%
6%
1%
10%
104
flagAustralia
73%
5%
5%
13%
76
flagPakistan
73%
5%
2%
13%
69
flagFrance
72%
6%
6%
15%
33
flagRussia
71%
6%
3%
7%
988
flagGermany
71%
6%
5%
14%
877
flagKazakhstan
69%
9%
5%
11%
94
flagthe United Kingdom
67%
4%
3%
21%
340
flagUkraine
67%
6%
4%
15%
184
flagthe United States
66%
4%
3%
22%
778
flagCanada
66%
11%
2%
17%
80
flagKG
61%
15%
4%
15%
44
flagUzbekistan
61%
5%
8%
11%
34
flagthe Philippines
56%
7%
5%
26%
67
flagIndia
41%
12%
15%
27%
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