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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Republic of Ireland60
the Netherlands47
Austria135
Switzerland103
Poland20285
Belarus116
Pakistan70
Australia78
Germany915
Russia1065
the United Kingdom351
the United States812
Ukraine187
Kazakhstan102
France36
Canada81
Uzbekistan42
KG49
the Philippines67
India454