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
sailors
everyone with the same probability
answers
Republic of Ireland
60
the Netherlands
44
Austria
131
Switzerland
95
Poland
20164
Belarus
104
Australia
76
Pakistan
69
France
33
Russia
988
Germany
877
Kazakhstan
94
the United Kingdom
340
Ukraine
184
the United States
778
Canada
80
KG
44
Uzbekistan
34
the Philippines
67
India
453