Sinking of The RMS Titanic - Casualties and Survivors

Casualties and Survivors

Further information: Passengers of the RMS Titanic and Crew of the RMS Titanic

The number of casualties of the sinking is unclear, due to a number of factors, including confusion over the passenger list, which included some names of people who cancelled their trip at the last minute, and the fact that several passengers travelled under aliases for various reasons and were double-counted on the casualty lists. The death toll has been put at between 1,490 and 1,635 people. The figures below are from the British Board of Trade report on the disaster.

Passengers	Category	Number aboard	Percentage by total onboard	Number saved	Number lost	Percentage saved	Percentage lost	Percentage saved by total onboard	Percentage lost by total onboard
Children	First Class	6	0.3%	5	1	83.4%	16.6%	0.2%	0.04%
Children	Second Class	24	1.07%	24	0	100%	0%	1.07%	0%
Children	Third Class	79	3.6%	27	52	34%	66%	1.2%	2.4%
Women	First Class	144	6.5%	140	4	97%	3%	6.3%	0.2%
Women	Second Class	93	4.2%	80	13	86%	14%	3.6%	0.6%
Women	Third Class	165	7.4%	76	89	46%	54%	3.4%	4.0%
Women	Crew	23	1.0%	20	3	87%	13%	0.9%	0.1%
Men	First Class	175	7.9%	57	118	33%	67%	2.6%	5.3%
Men	Second Class	168	7.6%	14	154	8%	92%	0.6%	6.9%
Men	Third Class	462	20.8%	75	387	16%	84%	3.3%	17.4%
Men	Crew	885	39.8%	192	693	22%	78%	8.6%	31.2%
Total		2224	100%	710	1514	32%	68%	31.9%	68.1%

Less than a third of those aboard Titanic survived the disaster. Some survivors died shortly afterwards; injuries and the effects of exposure caused the deaths of several of those brought aboard Carpathia. Of the groups shown in the table, 49% of the children, 26% of the female passengers, 82% of the male passengers and 78% of the crew died. The figures show stark differences in the survival rates of the different classes aboard Titanic. Although only 3 percent of first-class women were lost, 54% of those in third class died. Similarly, five of six first-class and all second-class children survived, but 52 of the 79 in third class perished. The only first-class child to perish was Loraine Allison, aged 2. Proportionately, the heaviest losses were suffered by the second-class men, of whom 92% died. Additionally, among the pets brought aboard three survived the sinking.