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  Testifiers Survivors Passengers and crew
N % N % N %
Women 93 43.2 351 49.9 485 22.0
Men 121 56.8 353 50.1 1722 78.0
1. Class 69 32.1 200 28.4 324 14.7
2. Class 34 15.8 115 16.3 285 12.9
3. Class 36 16.7 178 25.3 708 32.1
Restaurant crew 2 0.9 3 0.4 69 3.1
Deck crew 28 13.0 42 6.0 66 3.0
Engine crew 17 7.9 72 10.2 325 14.7
Victualling crew 29 13.5 94 13.4 430 19.5
English 122 57.0 293 41.6% 1164 52.7
US-American 58 27.1 207 29.4% 424 19.2
Other 34 15.9 204 29.0% 619 28.0
N 214 100% 704 100% 2207 100%