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Edited by New Radical:
4/11/2013 3:29:27 AM
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"Women and Children First" is a Myth
[quote]We went through a list of over 100 major maritime disasters spanning three centuries to see if we could find data on survival rates of men and women. We ended up with data on 18 shipwrecks, involving 15,000 passengers. In contrast to the Titanic, we found that the survival rate for men is basically double that for women. We only have data on children for a limited number of shipwrecks, but it is evident that they have really bad survival prospects: just 15 per cent.[/quote]
[url=http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/discussion/shipwrecked-women-and-children-first]Other interesting reading on the subject[/url]
Just though you all should know.
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Before reading the Cambridge piece, I was going to ask if the ratio of men to women and children was historically uneven to lead to these results. That question is answered. Just like on the airplane, we are instructed to put our own oxygen mask on first.
