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Vital Statistics - Deaths - 1997

Sri Lanka, 1997
Reference ID
LKA-RGD-RGD-1997-v1.0
Producer(s)
Statistics Division, Registrar General's Department
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8. Race (RACE)

Data file: Death_97

Overview

Valid: 114591
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 14
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 86328
75.3%
2 Sri Lanka Tamil 14597
12.7%
3 Sri lanka Moors 6566
5.7%
4 Burghers Eurasia 338
0.3%
5 Malays 216
0.2%
6 Veddah 4
0%
7 Indian Tamil 6300
5.5%
8 Indian Moors 5
0%
9 Pakistan Tamil 9
0%
10 Pakistan Moors 9
0%
11 Europeans 15
0%
12 Other - Ind - Pak 12
0%
13 Other Non Ind - Pak 34
0%
14 Unknown Race 158
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.
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