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Vital Statistics - Births - 2003

Sri Lanka, 2003
Reference ID
LKA-RGD-RGB-2003-v1.0
Producer(s)
Statistics Division, Registrar General's Department
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Jan 20, 2023
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Race (RACE)

Data file: Birth2003

Overview

Valid: 370643
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 13
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 35
End: 36
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 14
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Sinhalese 254566
68.7%
2 Sri Lanka Tamil 52617
14.2%
3 Sri lanka Moors 18575
5%
4 Burghers Eurasia 43106
11.6%
5 Malays 691
0.2%
6 Veddah 720
0.2%
7 Indian Tamil 21
0%
8 Indian Moors 20
0%
9 Pakistan Tamil 26
0%
10 Pakistan Moors 27
0%
11 Europeans 123
0%
12 Other - Ind - Pak 58
0%
13 Other Non Ind - Pak 93
0%
14 Unknown Race 0
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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