Table 1.
Study countries and suicide deaths
| Country | No. sessions (N = 165) |
No. session participants (N = 1,280) |
No. (%) suicides (N = 288) |
Non-maternal suicides n (%) |
Maternal suicides n (%) |
No. (%) female suicides (WHO, 2021a) |
Selling and/or soliciting sex were criminalized in 2019* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 12 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 369 (19.1) | Yes (sell) |
| Brazil | 18 | 80 | 1 (2.6) | 1 (100) | 0 | 3,249 (22.3) | Yes (solicit) |
| DRC | 27 | 270 | 80 (13.2) | 29 (36.2) | 51 (63.8) | 1,206 (20.8) | Yes (solicit) |
| India | 20 | 152 | 26 (19.7) | 15 (57.7) | 11 (42.3) | 72,935 (42.1) | No (if done privately) |
| Indonesia | 12 | 76 | 7 (12.1) | 3 (42.9) | 4 (57.1) | 1,448 (22.1) | Yes (sell) |
| Kenya | 18 | 175 | 90 (17) | 38 (42.2) | 52 (57.8) | 843 (26.2) | Yes (solicit) |
| Nigeria | 32 | 312 | 72 (13.7) | 19 (26.4) | 53 (73.6) | 1,909 (27.2) | Yes (solicit) |
| South Africa | 26 | 144 | 12 (7.1) | 5 (41.7) | 7 (58.3) | 2,913 (21.1) | Yes (sell & solicit) |
| Total | 110 (38.2) | 178 (61.8) |
*
Global Network of Sex Work Projects, updated through Dec 2021: https://www.nswp.org/sex-work-laws-map/country-list.