On the Titanic, sex mattered more than class

Who survived the Titanic? Each row is one of the 1,309 passengers on the ship's list, with class, sex, age, and fate. Crew are not included.

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Follow every passenger from class to fate

Each band is a group of passengers flowing from their class, through their sex, to their fate. 72.7% of women survived and 19.1% of men. The widest band into "Died" comes from third-class men: 493 of them boarded, and 418 died.

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The survival rate in every cell

Each cell is the share of that group who survived. Read down a column for class: 61.9% of first-class passengers survived, 43.0% of second, and 25.5% of third. Read across a row for sex, which is the larger effect: 49.1% of third-class women survived, against 34.1% of first-class men.

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Ages were missing more often than not, in third class

Age is blank for 263 passengers, mostly in third class, so any age comparison leans on first- and second-class records.

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Takeaway

"Women and children first" shows up plainly: a first-class man was less likely to survive than a third-class woman. Class mattered too, but less than sex.

Limits

This is the passenger list only; nearly 900 crew are not in it. Fate is recorded for every passenger, but age is not.