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.
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Answers by country
men
women
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everyone with the same probability
answers
Republic of Ireland
60
the Netherlands
44
Austria
130
Switzerland
95
Poland
20146
Belarus
103
Australia
76
Pakistan
69
France
33
Russia
987
Germany
871
Kazakhstan
93
Ukraine
183
the United Kingdom
340
the United States
776
Canada
80
Uzbekistan
34
KG
43
the Philippines
67
India
453