Given the following table of survivors and losses on the Titanic, which of the following groups was the most likely to survive the ship's fateful voyage?
Group | Total | Saved | Lost |
Children, First class | 6 | 5 | 1 |
Women, First Class | 144 | 140 | 4 |
Men, First Class | 175 | 57 | 118 |
Children, Second Class | 24 | 24 | 0 |
Women, Second Class | 93 | 80 | 13 |
Men, Second Class | 168 | 14 | 154 |
Children, Third Class | 79 | 27 | 52 |
Women, Third Class | 165 | 76 | 87 |
Women, Crew | 23 | 20 | 3 |
Men, Crew | 885 | 192 | 693 |
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