Table 2.
Maternal suicide deaths by country and perinatal period
| Country | No. (%) maternal suicides (N = 178) |
No. antepartum suicides n (%) |
No. puerperium suicides n (%) |
No. postpartum suicides n (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Brazil | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DRC | 51 (28.7) | 41 (80.4) | 4 (7.8) | 6 (11.8) |
| India | 11 (6.2) | 9 (81.8) | 2 (18.2) | 0 |
| Indonesia | 4 (2.2) | 3 (75) | 0 | 1 (25) |
| Kenya | 52 (29.2) | 23 (44.2) | 15 (28.8) | 14 (27) |
| Nigeria | 53 (29.8) | 24 (45.3) | 13 (24.5) | 16 (30.2) |
| South Africa | 7 (3.9) | 3 (42.8) | 2 (28.6) | 2 (28.6) |
| Total | 103 (57.9) | 36 (20.2) | 39 (21.9) |