The Portuguese Inquisition by NumbersNumerical approaches to the study of the Portuguese Inquisition have been used by historians to examine the political, sociological and economic implications of the period. While exact numbers are difficult to determine due to incomplete statistics, record destruction, and biased data, what is clear is that the period shaped the participants involved.Although death is the punishment most associated with the Portuguese Inquisition, only roughly six percent brought before the Inquisition tribunals were executed. Incarceration, exile, banishment, galleys, confiscation and whipping were all commonly used to deter “deviant behaviors”. Punishments were used strategically to meet the Crown's interest, as attested by the confiscation of property and occupation of those punished/killed.Here are a few of the numbers:· Approx. 40,000 people were brought before the Inquisition tribunals with approx. 15,000 to 30,000 people receiving sentences. · Between 1,000 and 2,000 people were executed, including those burned in effigy.· Punishments recorded from 1636 to 1778 at the Lisbon and Évora Tribunals – Death (6%), Jail (68%), Exile (13%), Banishment (3%), Whipping (7%)· From 1636 to 1778 people slayed by gender: men – 323 (6.1%), woman 208 (4.3%)· Death rates for those with a listed occupation varied: Merchants – (10.9%), doctors 19 (9.0%), lawyers – 8 (7.2%), Religious – 14 (5.8%), Farm – 22(4.5%), Military 7 – (2.9 %), other – 77 (4.2%) Sources: Anderson, R.W., 2012. "Measuring the Portuguese Inquisition". Saraiva, A.J., 2001. The Marrano Factory, the Portuguese Inquisition and its New Christians 1536-1765, Oakley, J. L., 2008. Lists of the Portuguese Inquisition, London: The Jewish Historical Society.