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Table  125 (Soc., Pri., Drug)
Drug Offenders According to Race
Pri125e
Year Sinhala % Tamil % Muslim % Malay % Burgher % Other % Total
1988 1,630 69.7 312 13.4 356 15.2 10 0.4 26 1.1 3 0.1 2,337
1989 2,054 66.5 458 14.8 536 17.3 12 0.4 27 0.9 4 0.1 3,091
1990 4,435 66.7 1,010 15.2 1,119 16.8 33 0.5 57 0.9 0 0.0 6,654
1991 4,996 65.4 1,121 14.7 1,415 18.5 48 0.6 56 0.7 6 0.1 7,642
1992 3,922 66.3 798 13.5 1,082 18.3 46 0.8 54 0.9 13 0.2 5,915
1993 4,229 63.5 1,033 15.5 1,298 19.5 32 0.5 58 0.9 6 0.1 6,656
1994 3,560 62.9 909 16.1 1,143 20.2 15 0.3 32 0.6 1 0.0 5,660
1995 3,484 67.2 694 13.4 959 18.5 18 0.3 24 0.5 2 0.0 5,181
1996 4,674 63.6 1,152 15.7 1,425 19.4 54 0.7 43 0.6 1 0.0 7,349
1997 4,107 57.5 1,475 20.7 1,541 21.6 6 0.1 9 0.1 1 0.0 7,139
1998 4,979 60.7 1,572 19.2 1,565 19.1 42 0.5 41 0.5 0 0.0 8,199
1999 5,966 66.7 1,485 16.6 1,410 15.8 45 0.5 32 0.4 0 0.0 8,938
© ‚Q‚O‚O‚SC KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source: 
Prisons Statistics 2000, Department of Prisons
Revised:  2004(y)/01(m)/12(d)
Chief Editor:
Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
     The former Head, Department of Management Studies
     University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka