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Vital Statistics - Births - 1986

Sri Lanka, 1986
Reference ID
LKA-RGD-RGB-1986-v1.0
Producer(s)
Statistics Division, Registrar General's Department
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Jan 20, 2023
Last modified
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Race (COL8_RACE)

Data file: Births 1986

Overview

Valid: 361733
Invalid: 2
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 14
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 31
End: 32
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 14
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Sinhalese 258794
71.5%
2 Sri Lanka Tamil 43556
12%
3 Sri lanka Moors 32161
8.9%
4 Burghers Eurasia 723
0.2%
5 Malays 983
0.3%
6 Veddah 33
0%
7 Indian Tamil 24987
6.9%
8 Indian Moors 236
0.1%
9 Pakistan Tamil 6
0%
10 Pakistan Moors 20
0%
11 Europeans 25
0%
12 Other - Ind - Pak 16
0%
13 Other Non Ind - Pak 3
0%
14 Unknown Race 190
0.1%
Sysmiss 2
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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