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Vital Statistics - Deaths - 1999

Sri Lanka, 1999
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LKA-RGD-RGD-1999-v1.0
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Statistics Division, Registrar General's Department
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8. Race (RACE)

Data file: Death_1999

Overview

Valid: 115330
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 87879
76.2%
2 Sri Lanka Tamil 13949
12.1%
3 Sri lanka Moors 7051
6.1%
4 Burghers Eurasia 309
0.3%
5 Malays 187
0.2%
6 Veddah 7
0%
7 Indian Tamil 5755
5%
8 Indian Moors 5
0%
9 Pakistan Tamil 4
0%
10 Pakistan Moors 5
0%
11 Europeans 28
0%
12 Other - Ind - Pak 19
0%
13 Other Non Ind - Pak 31
0%
14 Unknown Race 101
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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