The Titanic

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The Titanic
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The Questions

• Were Women and Children Saved First?
• Were the First Class Passengers Saved Unfairly?

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The Survivors
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Survival
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Were Women and Children Saved First?

• The survival rates for both women and children
  were significantly higher, regardless of class,
  than those of the men on board the Titanic.
• Men on board the Titanic survived at a rate of
  18.14. Women and children had survival rates of
  73.63 and 51.38 respectively.
• This suggests that the social custom of women
  and children first was followed during the
  Titanic rescue process.

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Were the First Class Passengers Saved Unfairly?

• The average survival rate for first class
  passengers on the Titanic was 62.5, compared to
  41.4 and 25.21 for second and third class
  passengers.
• Although passengers traveling first class had a
  significantly higher survival rate, they did not
  receive preferential treatment during the rescue
  process as a result of their higher economic
  status.

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• The raw survival statistics only tell part of the
  story. The lower class cabins were located deep
  inside the ship, far away from the boat decks
  where the lifeboats were launched. Many lower
  class passengers were unaware of the seriousness
  of the damage to the Titanic as a result of poor
  communication during the panic that followed the
  collision with the ice burg. According to the
  official British inquiry into the disaster, many
  of the lower class passengers who were alerted to
  the ships fate were reluctant to leave their
  belongings behind. As a result, many got to the
  boat decks too late, after all the lifeboats had
  been launched.
• After considering these other factors, it is
  clear that first class passengers were not saved
  unfairly.

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Conclusion

• After the Titanic struck the ice burg and began
  to sink, panic ensued on the upper decks.
  Lifeboats were hurriedly loaded, and launched,
  some before they were even full. Women and
  children were given priority, but there were not
  nearly enough lifeboats for everyone on board.
  When word finally got down to the passengers in
  third class that the ship was sinking, most of
  the lifeboats had been launched. As a result of
  poor communication, and an inconvenient location
  within the boat, the lower class passengers
  suffered a disproportionately high mortality
  rate.

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Sources

• History on the Net. The Titanic Passenger and
  Crew Statistics. 2007. 15 Sep. 2007.
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  /econ227f07home.htmgt
• Phillips, Douglas. The Titanic Numbers Game.
  Titanic Society. 15 Sep. 2007. lthttp//www.titanic
  society.com/readables/main/articles_04-20-1998_tit
  anic_numbers_game.aspgt
• Anesi, Chuck. The Titanic Casualty Figures. 16
  Sep. 2007. lthttp//www.anesi.com/titanic.htmgt
• The Grave of The Titanic. 2005. 17 Sep. 2007.
• lthttp//www.rjpp.com/parcellseconfs0708/econ227
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