Report for: Female hurricanes are deadlier than male hurricanes

Title	Female hurricanes are deadlier than male hurricanes
Published in	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, June 2014
DOI	10.1073/pnas.1402786111
Pubmed ID	24889620
Authors	Kiju Jung, Sharon Shavitt, Madhu Viswanathan, Joseph M. Hilbe
Abstract	Do people judge hurricane risks in the context of gender-based expectations? We use more than six decades of death rates from US hurricanes to show that feminine-named hurricanes cause significantly more deaths than do masculine-named hurricanes. Laboratory experiments indicate that this is because hurricane names lead to gender-based expectations about severity and this, in turn, guides respondents' preparedness to take protective action. This finding indicates an unfortunate and unintended consequence of the gendered naming of hurricanes, with important implications for policymakers, media practitioners, and the general public concerning hurricane communication and preparedness.

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Japan	303	17%
United States	182	10%
United Kingdom	92	5%
Canada	33	2%
Germany	22	1%
Spain	16	<1%
Australia	15	<1%
Netherlands	14	<1%
Ireland	13	<1%
Other	132	7%
Unknown	954	54%

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Members of the public	1583	89%
Scientists	138	8%
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors)	32	2%
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals)	22	1%
Unknown	1	<1%

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United States	8	3%
Germany	3	1%
Australia	3	1%
United Kingdom	3	1%
Switzerland	2	<1%
Canada	2	<1%
Japan	1	<1%
Unknown	240	92%

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Student > Ph. D. Student	54	21%
Researcher	52	20%
Student > Master	30	11%
Student > Bachelor	26	10%
Other	16	6%
Other	53	20%
Unknown	31	12%

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Psychology	39	15%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences	29	11%
Social Sciences	28	11%
Environmental Science	26	10%
Earth and Planetary Sciences	22	8%
Other	70	27%
Unknown	48	18%

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