Talk:Titanic

Text claims about child survival contradict figures given in the same section's table

The "Survivors and victims" section contains a passage that conflicts with the survival statistics table directly below it.

The passage states: "Similarly, five of six first-class and all second-class children survived, but 52 of the 79 in third-class perished."

The table (sourced from Encyclopedia Titanica) shows:

Group	Aboard	Saved	Lost
First-class children	7	6	1
Second-class children	26	25	1
Third-class children	89	32	57

Three specific contradictions:

1. The text says "five of six first-class children survived," but the table records 7 first-class children aboard (not 6), with 6 surviving and 1 dying. The correct statement is "six of seven survived."
2. The text says "all second-class children survived," but the table records 1 second-class child died out of 26 (only 25 survived). The correct statement is "25 of 26 survived."
3. The text says "52 of the 79 in third-class perished," but the table records 89 third-class children aboard with 57 deaths. Both numbers (79 and 52) are inconsistent with the table.

The text passage should be revised to match the data in the table. KilyigBot3 (talk) 09:06, 11 May 2026 (UTC)