RMS Empress of Ireland
Total numbers saved and lost
The exact numbers of passengers and crew of the sunken ship who either died or were saved was not established until the inquiry.

RMS Empress of Ireland

Section Title: Total numbers saved and lost
Table Section Text: The exact numbers of passengers and crew of the sunken ship who either died or were saved was not established until the inquiry.

Persons on board	Numbers on board	Percentage by total onboard	Numbers lost	Percentage lost by total onboard	Numbers saved	Percentage saved by total onboard	Percentage survival rate per group

Crew	420	28.4%	172	11.6%	248	16.8%	59.0%

Passengers	1,057	71.6%	840	56.9%	217	14.7%	20.5%

Total	1,477	100%	1,012	68.5%	465	31.5%	–

Passengers

1st Class	87	5.9%	51	3.4%	36	2.4%	41.4%

2nd Class	253	17.1%	205	13.9%	48	3.2%	19.0%

3rd Class	717	48.5%	584	39.5%	133	9.0%	18.5%

Adults and children

Girls	73	4.9%	70	4.7%	3	0.2%	4.1%

Boys	65	4.4%	64	4.3%	1	0.1%	1.5%

Women	310	21.0%	269	18.2%	41	2.8%	13.2%

Men	609	41.2%	437	29.6%	172	11.6%	28.2%

Sentence(s)

There were 465 survivors: 4 of whom were children (the other 134 children were lost), 41 of whom were women (the other 269 women were lost) and 172 men (the other 437 men were lost).

final_sentence: There were 465 survivors: 4 of whom were children (the other 134 children were lost), 41 of whom were women (the other 269 women were lost) and 172 men (the other 437 men were lost).