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
20073
Switzerland
91
Belarus
100
Australia
76
Pakistan
69
Russia
924
France
33
Germany
863
Ukraine
178
Kazakhstan
91
the United Kingdom
338
the United States
763
Canada
80
KG
42
Uzbekistan
34
the Philippines
67
India
450