Lanka Datta

DCS Microdata Catalog
  • Home
  • Microdata Catalog
  • Citations
  • Procedures
  • Login
    Login
    Home / Central Data Catalog / LKA-RGD-RGD-1979-V1.0 / variable [F4]
central

Vital Statistics - Deaths - 1979

Sri Lanka, 1979
Reference ID
LKA-RGD-RGD-1979-v1.0
Producer(s)
Statistics Division, Registrar General's Department
Metadata
Documentation in PDF DDI/XML JSON
Created on
Jan 20, 2023
Last modified
Jan 20, 2023
Page views
4082
Downloads
298
  • Study Description
  • Data Dictionary
  • Downloads
  • Get Microdata
  • Data files
  • Death_79

Race (RACE)

Data file: Death_79

Overview

Valid: 94244
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 14
Type: Discrete
Decimal: 0
Start: 25
End: 26
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 14
Format: Numeric

Questions and instructions

Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Sinhalese 65345
69.3%
2 Sri Lanka Tamil 10653
11.3%
3 Sri lanka Moors 6296
6.7%
4 Burghers Eurasia 395
0.4%
5 Malays 197
0.2%
6 Veddah 14
0%
7 Indian Tamil 11103
11.8%
8 Indian Moors 38
0%
9 Pakistan Tamil 2
0%
10 Pakistan Moors 0
0%
11 Europeans 20
0%
12 Other - Ind - Pak 44
0%
13 Other Non Ind - Pak 55
0.1%
14 Unknown Race 82
0.1%
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.
Back to Catalog

Department of Census and Statistics
306/71, Polduwa Road,
Battaramulla.
Sri Lanka

© Lanka Datta
Powered By Data Management and Integrity Unit
ICT Division