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Vital Statistics - Births - 1985

Sri Lanka, 1985
Reference ID
LKA-RGD-RGB-1985-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 1985

Overview

Valid: 389599
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 280660
72%
2 Sri Lanka Tamil 46657
12%
3 Sri lanka Moors 32961
8.5%
4 Burghers Eurasia 821
0.2%
5 Malays 1085
0.3%
6 Veddah 67
0%
7 Indian Tamil 27128
7%
8 Indian Moors 29
0%
9 Pakistan Tamil 6
0%
10 Pakistan Moors 17
0%
11 Europeans 41
0%
12 Other - Ind - Pak 20
0%
13 Other Non Ind - Pak 10
0%
14 Unknown Race 97
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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