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
57
the Netherlands
42
Austria
125
Poland
20053
Switzerland
90
Belarus
98
Australia
76
Pakistan
69
Russia
908
Germany
861
France
32
the United Kingdom
337
Ukraine
173
Kazakhstan
90
the United States
763
Canada
80
KG
42
Uzbekistan
32
the Philippines
67
India
450