Table 4.

Factors associated with death by suicide in people who use drugs

Emergent theme	Sex	Mental health conditions	Periods of heightened vulnerability	Age profile	Stimulants, cannabis, or new psychoactive substances and method of death		Medical conditions
No. of publications (Reference(s))	26 [21, 24, 25, 46–52, 54–56, 59, 60, 64–67, 76, 79–82, 85, 88]	22 [20, 24, 25, 41–44, 47, 49, 50, 55, 59, 64, 68–71, 73, 78, 80, 83, 84]	8 [43, 49, 63, 70, 74, 75, 80, 81]	7 [20, 64–66, 68, 72, 74]	7 [46, 48, 49, 56, 59, 61, 62]		7 [21, 25, 44, 45, 49, 81, 83]
Emergent theme	Dual diagnosis service provision	Homelessness	Incarceration	Intravenous (IV) drug use		Race/ethnicity
No. of publications (Reference(s))	4 [43, 50, 56, 69]	3 [43, 52, 54]	3 [45, 49, 77]	3 [23, 59, 67]		2 [53, 86]