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Vital Statistics - Births - 1978

Sri Lanka, 1978
Reference ID
LKA-RGD-RGB-1978-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 1978

Overview

Valid: 404831
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 289406
71.5%
2 Sri Lanka Tamil 49434
12.2%
3 Sri lanka Moors 32198
8%
4 Burghers Eurasia 746
0.2%
5 Malays 993
0.2%
6 Veddah 32
0%
7 Indian Tamil 31472
7.8%
8 Indian Moors 266
0.1%
9 Pakistan Tamil 5
0%
10 Pakistan Moors 0
0%
11 Europeans 23
0%
12 Other - Ind - Pak 217
0.1%
13 Other Non Ind - Pak 30
0%
14 Unknown Race 9
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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