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%
8%
45
flagAustria
81%
4%
3%
8%
132
flagSwitzerland
80%
3%
7%
9%
100
flagPoland
79%
3%
2%
14%
20184
flagBelarus
74%
6%
2%
11%
107
flagAustralia
73%
5%
5%
13%
76
flagPakistan
73%
5%
2%
13%
69
flagGermany
71%
6%
5%
14%
885
flagRussia
70%
6%
3%
7%
1013
flagFrance
70%
5%
8%
14%
34
flagKazakhstan
69%
9%
5%
11%
94
flagthe United Kingdom
68%
4%
3%
21%
344
flagUkraine
67%
6%
4%
15%
184
flagthe United States
66%
4%
3%
22%
783
flagCanada
65%
11%
2%
18%
81
flagUzbekistan
61%
5%
8%
11%
34
flagKG
60%
17%
4%
15%
46
flagthe Philippines
56%
7%
5%
26%
67
flagIndia
41%
12%
15%
27%
453