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Table  054 (Soc., Pri., Number)
Number of Death and the Death Rate of Prisoners 
Pri054e
Year Total Annual Population of Convicted & Unconvicted Prisoners Daily Average Population of Convicted & Unconvicted Prisoners Number of Deaths Death Rate per 1000 Daily Average Population of Convicted & Unconvicted Prisoners Percentage of the Daily Average Population of Convicted & Unconvicted Prisoners
  (  A  ) (  B  ) = A/365 (  C  ) (  D  ) = C / B x 1000 ( E ) =  C/ B x 100
1990 3,683,945 10,093 36 3.6 0.4
1991 3,285,394 9,001 30 3.3 0.3
1992 3,344,625 9,162 29 3.2 0.3
1993 3,603,280 9,872 20 2.0 0.2
1994 3,953,315 10,831 7 0.6 0.1
1995 4,178,155 11,447 32 2.8 0.3
1996 4,369,780 11,972 50 4.2 0.4
1997 4,649,861 12,739 50 3.9 0.4
1998 5,109,653 13,999 49 3.5 0.4
1999 5,986,730 16,402 98 5.9 0.6
© 2004, KRI (Kusaka Research Institute) 
Source: 
Prisons Statistics 2000, Department of Prisons
Revised:  2004(y)/06(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