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Table  126 (Soc., Pri., Drug)
Drug Offenders According to Religion
Pri126e
Year Buddhist % Hindu % Islam % Roman Catholic % Other Christian % Others % Total
1988 1,523 65.2 215 9.2 364 15.6 121 5.2 113 4.8 1 0.0 2,337
1989 1,947 63.0 356 11.5 548 17.7 181 5.9 59 1.9 0 0.0 3,091
1990 4,159 62.5 745 11.2 1,149 17.3 570 8.6 31 0.5 0 0.0 6,654
1991 4,661 61.0 778 10.2 1,463 19.1 381 5.0 355 4.6 4 0.1 7,642
1992 3,697 62.5 579 9.8 1,123 19.0 298 5.0 218 3.7 0 0.0 5,915
1993 3,924 59.0 851 12.8 1,330 20.0 334 5.0 217 3.3 0 0.0 6,656
1994 3,232 57.1 767 13.6 1,165 20.6 283 5.0 210 3.7 3 0.1 5,660
1995 3,170 61.2 614 11.9 965 18.6 275 5.3 155 3.0 2 0.0 5,181
1996 4,388 59.7 972 13.2 1,440 19.6 466 6.3 83 1.1 0 0.0 7,349
1997 3,932 55.1 1430 20.0 1,534 21.5 204 2.9 39 0.5 0 0.0 7,139
1998 4,546 55.4 1577 19.2 1,560 19.0 422 5.1 94 1.1 0 0.0 8,199
1999 5,809 65.0 1307 14.6 1,409 15.8 365 4.1 48 0.5 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