Marriage Statistics: 2004


TABLE 4  Number and Percent Distribution of Registered Marriages
         by Type of Ceremony: 2003 and 2004

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                                        2 0 0 4    |     2 0 0 3
Type of Ceremony                   Number  Percent |  Number  Percent
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Total                             582,281    100.0   593,553    100.0

Roman Catholic                    212,236     36.4   220,393     37.1
Civil rites                       276,233     47.4   244,890     41.3
Islam                               2,108      0.4       810      0.1
Tribal                              1,118      0.2       830      0.1
Other religious rites              90,122     15.5   126,536     21.3
Not stated                            464      0.1        94      0.0

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Source: National Statistics Office, Vital Statistics Division

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