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Vital Statistics - Deaths - 1998

Sri Lanka, 1998
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LKA-RGD-RGD-1998-v1.0
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Statistics Division, Registrar General's Department
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8. Race (RACE)

Data file: Death_1998

Overview

Valid: 112653
Invalid: 0
Minimum: 1
Maximum: 14
Type: Continuous
Decimal: 0
Start: 35
End: 36
Width: 2
Range: 1 - 14
Format: Numeric

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Categories
Value Category Cases
1 Sinhalese 86035
76.4%
2 Sri Lanka Tamil 13797
12.2%
3 Sri lanka Moors 6766
6%
4 Burghers Eurasia 326
0.3%
5 Malays 210
0.2%
6 Veddah 1
0%
7 Indian Tamil 5098
4.5%
8 Indian Moors 5
0%
9 Pakistan Tamil 3
0%
10 Pakistan Moors 192
0.2%
11 Europeans 29
0%
12 Other - Ind - Pak 36
0%
13 Other Non Ind - Pak 60
0.1%
14 Unknown Race 95
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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