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Vital Statistics - Births - 1973

Sri Lanka, 1973
Reference ID
LKA-RGD-RGB-1973-v1.0
Producer(s)
Statistics Division, Registrar General's Department
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Jan 20, 2023
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Race (COL8_RACE)

Data file: Births 1973

Overview

Valid: 367158
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 14
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 31
End: 32
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 14
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Sinhalese 261826
71.3%
2 Sri Lanka Tamil 41668
11.3%
3 Sri lanka Moors 28979
7.9%
4 Burghers Eurasia 956
0.3%
5 Malays 1024
0.3%
6 Veddah 48
0%
7 Indian Tamil 31853
8.7%
8 Indian Moors 443
0.1%
9 Pakistan Tamil 1
0%
10 Pakistan Moors 4
0%
11 Europeans 25
0%
12 Other - Ind - Pak 249
0.1%
13 Other Non Ind - Pak 46
0%
14 Unknown Race 36
0%
Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.
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