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	K. Jung, S. Shavitt, M. Viswanathan, J. 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	326	18%
United States	185	10%
United Kingdom	79	4%
Canada	32	2%
Germany	18	1%
Australia	16	<1%
Spain	12	<1%
Netherlands	11	<1%
Ireland	10	<1%
Other	119	7%
Unknown	983	55%

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Scientists	135	8%
Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors)	37	2%
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals)	16	<1%
Unknown	1	<1%

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United States	9	4%
United Kingdom	5	2%
Germany	3	1%
Australia	3	1%
Canada	2	<1%
Switzerland	2	<1%
Japan	1	<1%
India	1	<1%
Unknown	188	88%

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Student > Ph. D. Student	51	24%
Researcher	48	22%
Student > Bachelor	19	9%
Student > Master	18	8%
Other	17	8%
Other	60	28%
Unknown	1	<1%

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Psychology	35	16%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences	29	14%
Social Sciences	23	11%
Environmental Science	23	11%
Unspecified	21	10%
Other	82	38%
Unknown	1	<1%

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