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Light in Darkness Bringing light and hope to those trapped in the sex industry. Strip Club Statistics The needs among thispopulation of young women are great and the dangers they face in thisenvironment are extreme. Workplace homicide is 51times higher than the national average Overall mortality rateover 240 times higher than the national average 75 of young women working in the sex industry attemptsuicide 7080 are physicallyassaulted during work 6070 percent are rapedwhile working in the sex industry businesses Women in the sex industry experience Posttraumatic Stress Disorder at rates equivalent to veterans of combat war . .