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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answers
 Republic of Ireland
Republic of Ireland60
 the Netherlands
the Netherlands46
 Austria
Austria135
 Switzerland
Switzerland103
 Poland
Poland20267
 Belarus
Belarus114
 Australia
Australia77
 Pakistan
Pakistan70
 Germany
Germany907
 Russia
Russia1055
 the United Kingdom
the United Kingdom347
 Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan100
 the United States
the United States797
 Ukraine
Ukraine187
 France
France36
 Canada
Canada81
 Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan41
 KG
KG49
 the Philippines
the Philippines67
 India
India454