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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
© ２００４， 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