Titanic Survival Rates

Survival rates on the titanic depended on many factors. What class tickets people purchased really made a difference as to whether or not a passenger survived. Gender and age of passengers also made a difference. Different nationalities survived at different rates. Whether a passenger was a crew member was a critical factor. Many factors influenced survival rates.
Do you think there were differences in survival rates for people who purchased different class tickets on the Titanic? People in first class had a 62% survival rate. People in second class had a 43% survival rate. People in third class had a 25% survival rate. So, it was much better to be a first or second class passenger with regard to survival rates.
Survival rates depended on age and gender. The children in first class had a 100% survival rate. Children in second class had a 100% survival rate as well. Finally children in third class had a 34.18% survival rate. Leaving the percentage for children at just 52.29%. For women in first class the survival rate was 97.2%. Women in the crew had a 86.96% survival rate. Women in second class had a survival rate of …show more content…
By countries 306 people were American and 177 survived although 119 people died. Two Australian people were on board and only 1 survived. Ten people on board were German and 4 survived while 6 died. one hundred twenty people aboard were Irish and 42 survived while 78 Irish people died. three hundred twenty seven British people were on board one hundred and four survived while two hundred twenty three people died. Out of one Dutch person 0% survived. Thirty three people on board were Bulgarian and all 33 died. It was more likely that a passenger would survive if one was American, and less likely if a passenger was Irish. Most first class tickets were bought by Americans, while less wealthy Irish people bought third class tickets and had poorer chances of boarding a