Marriage Statistics: 2005


TABLE 4  Number and Percent Distribution of Marriages by Type: 2004-2005

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                                            Number |            Percent
Type of Ceremony             ----------------------|--------------------
                                 2005         2004 |      2005     2004
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Total                         518,595      582,281       100.0    100.0

Roman Catholic                197,413      212,236        38.1     36.4
Civil                         232,520      276,233        44.8     47.4
Muslim                          2,862        2,108         0.6      0.4
Tribal                          1,129        1,118         0.2      0.2
Other religious rites          84,522       90,122        16.3     15.5
Not stated                        149          464         0.0      0.1

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Source: National Statistics Office, Vital Statistics Division

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