tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353097553819934624.post7979639213771667557..comments2024-03-29T01:00:03.769-04:00Comments on Statistically Funny: Women and children overboardHilda Bastianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01418954331826160477noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353097553819934624.post-66824190670761420612013-12-28T11:03:07.323-05:002013-12-28T11:03:07.323-05:00The Bendectin story sounds fascinating! Going to c...The Bendectin story sounds fascinating! Going to check it out now. And I agree that it is a little ridiculous to "protect" women and children by refusing to figure out how drugs work in these populations. Kristin H.http://www.sososcience.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353097553819934624.post-67638877652937748672013-05-31T01:07:32.012-04:002013-05-31T01:07:32.012-04:00yes i agree @szescstopni...you are right...yes i agree @szescstopni...you are right...Women and Pregnancyhttp://www.bellovoi.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6353097553819934624.post-15454919359726073312013-04-23T20:20:46.882-04:002013-04-23T20:20:46.882-04:00Think of the children? Forget it. A study of 18 ma...Think of the children? Forget it. A study of 18 maritime disasters by Mikael Elinder and Oscar Erixson from the University of Uppsala in 2012 (http://www.nek.uu.se/Pdf/wp20128.pdf) found that the survival rates were over 60% for the crew, just under 40% for male passengers, less than 20% for female passengers and even less for children (though data for children was limited). The captains' chance for survival was slightly higher than for male passengers. Passengers with first-class tickets did much better than those with second or third class. Sounds familiar? This makes me wonder what are the stats for droughts, earthquakes and other disasters. I wouldn't be surprised to find out that in such cases women and children have lowest chances too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com