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	Table 106 (Soc., Pri., Convict)
	Convicted persons (Ethnic) (Gender) (1993 - 2003)
	Pri106e
Year        Ethnic,  Gender	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003
Total	18,644	16,241	15,893	17,769	18,143	20,807	22,466	18,715	22,239	25,023	27,681
Sinhalese	13,761	12,149	11,562	12,627	12,399	13,672	14,964	12,843	14,226	17,266	17,626
Tamil	2,304	2,021	2,038	2,211	2,603	3,244	3,381	3,049	4,528	4,310	5,450
Sri Lankan	2,242	1,992	2,020	2,144	2,595	3,152	3,190	­	­	­	­
Indian	62	29	18	67	8	92	191	­	­	­	­
Moor	2,462	1,977	2,084	2,766	3,025	3,797	4,068	2,631	3,304	3,340	4,173
Sri Lankan	2,458	1,977	2,083	2,762	3,025	3,767	4,067	­	­	­	­
Indian	4	0	1	4	0	30	1	­	­	­	­
Burgher	17	13	95	65	36	8	13	21	31	33	82
Malay	90	72	92	85	68	77	38	96	107	58	55
Others	10	9	22	15	12	9	2	75	43	16	295
Male	­	­	­	­	17,487	19,962	21,665	18,182	21,772	24,409	26,935
Sinhalese	­	­	­	­	11,895	13,145	14,332	12,408	13,865	16,762	17,049
Tamil	­	­	­	­	2,491	3,061	3,247	2,988	4,453	4,240	5,334
Moor	­	­	­	­	2,989	3,673	4,041	2,598	3,275	3,304	4,136
Burgher	­	­	­	­	35	7	8	21	30	31	77
Malay	­	­	­	­	67	67	36	96	107	56	47
Others	­	­	­	­	10	9	1	71	42	16	292
Female	­	­	­	­	656	845	801	533	467	614	746
Sinhalese	­	­	­	­	504	527	632	435	361	504	577
Tamil	­	­	­	­	112	183	134	61	75	70	116
Moor	­	­	­	­	36	124	27	33	29	36	37
Burgher	­	­	­	­	1	1	5	­	1	2	5
Malay	­	­	­	­	1	10	2	­	­	2	8
Others	­	­	­	­	2	­	1	4	1	­	3
© ２００８， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source:
Prisons Statistics 2000,
Department of Prisons
Revised:  2008(y)/11(m)/20(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
The Head, Department of Management Studies
University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka