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Vital Statistics - Deaths - 1991

Sri Lanka, 1991
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LKA-RGD-RGD-1991-v1.0
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Statistics Division, Registrar General's Department
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8. Race (RACE)

Data file: Death_91

Overview

Valid: 95574
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 14
Type: Continuous
Decimal: 0
Start: 33
End: 34
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 14
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Sinhalese 70411
73.7%
2 Sri Lanka Tamil 12262
12.8%
3 Sri lanka Moors 6314
6.6%
4 Burghers Eurasia 299
0.3%
5 Malays 195
0.2%
6 Veddah 7
0%
7 Indian Tamil 5936
6.2%
8 Indian Moors 24
0%
9 Pakistan Tamil 2
0%
10 Pakistan Moors 4
0%
11 Europeans 16
0%
12 Other - Ind - Pak 21
0%
13 Other Non Ind - Pak 62
0.1%
14 Unknown Race 21
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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