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	Table 107 (Soc., Pri., Convict)
	Convicted persons (Religion) (Gender) (1993 - 2003)
	Pri107e									（Number）
Year            Religion, 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
Buddhists	12,707	11,015	10,589	11,906	11,851	13,106	14,582	10,957	12,034	14,169	15,582
Hindus	1,662	1,449	1,403	1,518	1,877	3,016	2,895	2,933	3,096	3,767	4,292
Christians	1,717	1,720	1,532	1,543	1,389	890	917	2,134	3,776	3,705	3,341
Roman Catholic	870	1,167	1,215	1,430	1,229	765	690	­	­	­	­
Other Christian	847	553	317	113	160	125	227	­	­	­	­
Islam	2,542	2,049	2,361	2,796	3,016	3,792	4,064	2,619	3,302	3,338	4,427
Others	16	8	8	6	10	3	8	72	31	44	39
Male	­	­	­	­	17,487	19,962	21,665	18,182	21,772	24,409	26,935
Buddhists	­	­	­	­	11,396	12,646	14,087	10,560	11,722	13,716	15,061
Hindus	­	­	­	­	1,788	2,834	2,804	2,878	3,028	3,722	4,202
Christians	­	­	­	­	1,315	810	731	2,090	3,719	3,626	3,243
Islam	­	­	­	­	2,980	3,669	4,037	2,586	3,273	3,302	4,390
Others	­	­	­	­	8	3	6	68	30	43	39
Female	­	­	­	­	656	845	801	533	497	614	746
Buddhists	­	­	­	­	455	460	495	397	312	453	521
Hindus	­	­	­	­	89	182	91	55	68	45	90
Christians	­	­	­	­	74	80	186	44	57	79	98
Islam	­	­	­	­	36	123	27	33	29	36	37
Others	­	­	­	­	2	­	2	4	1	1	­
© ２００８， KRI (Kusaka Research Institute)
Source:
Prisons Statistics 2000,
Department of Prisons (2000-2003)
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