Documenti di Didattica
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Socio-economic services
Table 13.27
Telecommunication Services 2007 – 2016
Item 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016(a)
Other Services
Cellular Phones (’000) 7,983 11,083 14,264 17,267 18,319 20,324 20,315(c) 22,123 24,385 26,228
Cellular Mobiles per 100 Persons 40 55 70 84 88 100 99 107 116 124
Public Pay Phone Booths 8,526 7,417 7,378 6,958 6,458 6,983 6,773 6,642 5,809 5,301
Internet Connections(e) 202,348 234,000 240,000 502,000 844,749 1,365,655 2,009,456 3,396,295 4,090,920 4,920,554
Table 13.28
Mass Media 2007 – 2016
Item 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016(a)
Circulation of Newspapers(b)
Daily Newspapers, ’000 173,579 161,578 164,547 170,240 173,255 228,269 334,348 345,029 383,129 411,760
Sinhala 118,721 117,136 123,245 126,730 128,163 156,375 210,805 206,979 226,490 258,995
Tamil 23,520 12,927 9,347 8,884 10,194 28,748 47,302 62,625 75,906 60,969
English 31,338 31,516 31,955 34,627 34,897 43,146 76,241 75,424 80,734 91,796
Copies per ’000 persons
per day, No. 28 25 26 26 27 36 52 53 58 62
Weekly Newspapers, ’000 98,266 88,696 82,801 80,295 88,281 90,403 106,574 117,544 124,949 127,064
Sinhala 69,537 66,178 62,096 62,948 70,453 66,710 68,699 74,960 80,811 83,288
Tamil 14,376 8,007 7,071 3,233 3,964 9,698 15,432 20,335 21,653 19,324
English 14,353 14,511 13,635 14,115 13,864 13,995 22,443 22,250 22,485 24,452
Copies per ’000 persons
per week, No. 94 84 78 75 81 85 100 109 115 115
Televisions
No. of TV Channels 14 18 20 21 22 25 25 25 25 24
Radios
No. of Radio Services 39 56 48 51 51 54 54 54 54 53
Table 13.29
Prisoners 2007 – 2016
Item 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Total 31,306 33,566 37,872 32,128 27,018 28,391 30,760 27,588 24,086 24,060
Admissions to Prisons by Length of Sentence
Under one Month 2,616 2,440 3,034 2,972 2,098 3,826 2,961 3,518 2,243 4,774
One Month to Six Months 11,812 13,647 12,973 11,150 11,147 13,192 15,013 12,559 12,317 11,780
Six Months to One Year 5,285 6,895 8,566 6,424 5,706 4,984 6,003 5,421 5,509 3,214
One Year to Two Years 8,410 7,103 9,375 8,367 5,757 3,772 4,104 3,651 2,322 2,502
Two Years to Five Years 2,057 2,377 3,105 2,433 1,698 2,003 2,024 1,783 1,043 1,203
Five Years to Ten Years 580 576 453 415 357 296 352 311 205 226
Over Ten Years and Death Sentences 546 528 366 367 255 318 303 345 447 361
Total 31,306 33,566 37,872 32,128 27,018 28,391 30,760 27,588 24,086 24,060
Death Sentences
Sentenced to Death 176 128 108 96 107 131 124 153 186 180
Death Sentences Commuted to
Imprisonment 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Awaiting Execution or Final Decision
for Commutation or Execution 176 128 108 96 107 131 124 153 186 180
Admission Rate
(Per 100,000 Population) 157 166 185 156 130 140 151 133 115 114