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Table  046 (Soc., Pri., Number)
Demography of Prisoners (1991-1996, 2004-2007)
Pri046e
Item	1991			1992			1993			1994			1995			1996				2004			2005			2006			2007			Item
	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total		Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total
Prisoners by Age Group
Under 16 Years	32	-	32	17	1	18	23	2	25	38	-	38	30	-	30	18	1	19		15	0	15	8	0	8	3	1	4	5	8	13	Under 16 Years
16 to 40  Years	15,459	712	16,171	14,642	566	15,208	15,448	573	16,021	13,193	523	13,716	13,021	359	13,380	14,438	421	14,859		20,515	510	21,025	25,050	574	25,624	20,957	638	21,595	23,281	690	23,971	16 to 40  Years
41 to 60 Years	2,296	248	2,544	2,482	194	2,676	2,165	187	2,352	2,061	168	2,229	2,084	156	2,240	2,332	232	2,564		5,073	241	5,314	6,537	266	6,803	6,227	311	6,538	6,332	286	6,618	41 to 60 Years
Above 60 Years	230	51	281	305	44	349	229	17	246	236	22	258	235	8	243	315	12	327		510	34	544	563	36	599	568	27	595	674	30	704	Above 60 Years
Prisoners by Educational Status
No schooling	1,601	218	1,819	924	269	1,193	1,330	318	1,648	861	270	1,131	1,479	173	1,652	1,247	202	1,449		1,658	106	1,764	4,240	158	4,398	3,556	249	3,805	4,263	118	4,381	No schooling
Grade 1-7	1,764	294	2,058	2,626	227	2,853	2,149	232	2,381	6,213	355	6,568	5,657	238	5,895	7,819	347	8,166		10,055	480	10,535	11,206	403	11,609	8,711	362	9,073	9,359	443	9,802	Grade 1-7
Passed Grade 8	7,922	191	8,113	8,120	114	8,234	7,956	60	8,016	7,869	70	7,939	7,443	82	7,525	7,383	105	7,488		7,930	181	8,111	9,592	216	9,808	9,116	215	9,331	9,302	323	9,625	Passed Grade 8
Passed G.C.E.(O/L)	709	95	804	371	26	397	408	3	411	465	17	482	673	25	698	519	9	528		5,752	17	5,769	6,337	77	6,416	5,569	115	5,684	6,420	98	6,518	Passed G.C.E.(O/L)
Passed G.C.E (A/L)	135	13	148	96	5	101	82	1	83	110	1	111	109	4	113	130	2	132		705	1	706	771	20	791	777	30	807	925	29	954	Passed G.C.E (A/L)
Graduates	1	1	2	-	-	-	1	-	1	-	-	-	9	1	10	5	1	6		12	0	12	12	2	14	21	3	24	21	0	21	Graduates
Prisoners by Marital Status
Never Married	9,234	263	9,497	7,516	240	7,756	9,140	488	9,628	6,903	209	7,112	6,648	125	6,773	7,816	144	7,960		7,743	170	7,913	9,926	104	10,030	88,551	142	1,693	10,048	299	10,347	Never Married
Married	8,394	592	8,986	9,585	463	10,048	8,414	218	8,632	8,271	385	8,656	8,186	283	8,469	8,901	359	9,260		16,461	449	16,910	20,227	663	20,890	17,306	714	18,020	18,153	618	18,771	Married
Widowed	139	80	219	121	35	156	104	22	126	115	74	189	204	62	266	178	65	243		443	44	487	343	36	379	438	49	487	466	62	528	Widowed
Divorced	145	29	174	138	27	165	128	12	140	136	32	168	225	36	261	147	36	183		457	68	525	589	38	627	466	37	503	675	20	695	Divorced
Legally Separated	96	47	143	86	40	126	79	39	118	103	13	116	107	17	124	61	62	123		1,009	54	1,063	1,073	35	1,108	994	35	1,029	950	15	965	Legally Separated
Prisoners by Race
Sinhalese	-	-	13,061	-	-	13,282	-	-	13,761	11,596	533	12,129	11,178	384	11,562	12,108	519	12,627		15,541	563	16,104	21,067	636	21,703	18,491	716	1,927	19,971	531	20,502	Sinhalese
Tamil	-	-	2,790	-	-	2,402	-	-	2,304	1,869	125	1,994	1,956	82	2,038	2,128	83	2,211		4,917	146	5,063	4,778	170	4,948	4,317	161	4,478	4,666	220	4,886	Tamil
Moor	-	-	3,055	-	-	2,443	-	-	2,462	1,954	23	1,977	2,058	26	2,084	2,728	38	2,766		5,466	60	5,526	6,137	56	6,193	4,829	95	4,924	5,500	252	5,752	Moor
Malay	-	-	89	-	-	80	-	-	90	66	6	72	87	5	92	78	7	85		80	6	86	79	5	84	60	0	60	63	1	64	Malay
Burgher	-	-	14	-	-	34	-	-	17	7	6	13	71	24	95	46	19	65		68	3	71	45	8	53	9	0	9	78	3	81	Burgher
Other	-	-	10	-	-	10	-	-	10	9	-	9	20	2	22	15	-	15		41	7	48	52	1	53	49	5	54	14	7	21	Other
Prisoners by Religion
Buddhist	-	-	12,060	-	-	12,209	-	-	12,707	10,565	450	11,015	10,272	317	10,589	11,461	445	11,906		13,299	454	13,753	18,278	588	18,866	16,109	602	16,711	17,126	364	17,490	Buddhist
Hindu	-	-	1,757	-	-	1,879	-	-	1,662	1,381	68	1,449	1,333	70	1,403	1,442	76	1,518		4,423	110	4,533	1,114	86	4,200	3,770	122	3,892	4,250	189	4,439	Hindu
Muslim	-	-	3,604	-	-	2,783	-	-	2,939	2,006	43	2,049	2,131	23	2,154	2,754	42	2,796		5,468	58	5,526	6,209	61	6,270	4,887	96	4,983	5,591	253	5,844	Muslim
Roman Catholic	-	-	1,130	-	-	970	-	-	870	1,020	147	1,167	1,206	109	1,315	1,349	81	1,430		1,895	104	1,999	2,731	121	2,852	2,334	139	2,473	2,523	160	2,683	Roman Catholic
Other Christians	-	-	414	-	-	402	-	-	450	548	5	553	421	3	424	92	21	113		982	59	1,041	772	20	792	593	14	607	720	40	760	Other Christians
Others	-	-	54	-	-	8	-	-	16	8	-	8	7	1	8	5	1	6		46	0	46	54	0	54	62	4	66	82	8	90	Others
Total Convicted Prisoners	-	-	19,019	-	-	18,251	-	-	18,644	5,528	713	16,241	15,370	523	15,893	17,103	666	17,769		26,113	785	26,898	32,158	876	33,034	27,755	977	28,732	30,292	1,014	31,306	Total Convicted Prisoners
© ２０１０， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)						Revised:  2010(y)/05(m)/30(d)
Source:						Chief Editor:
Economic & Social Statistics of Sri Lanka (1998)						Dr. Milton Rajaratne (B.Com., M.Sc., Ph.D.)
						The former Head, Department of Management Studies
						University of Peradeniya, Sri Lanka