By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Orangeburg County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
10
2017: 9
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
6
2017: 6
Deaths Involving Opioids
8
2017: 5
Deaths Involving Heroin
2
2017: 2022 Data Coming Soon
Deaths Involving Cocaine
3
2017: 2
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
2
2017: 3
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
2022 Data Coming Soon
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
716
2017: 841
Stimulants dispensed
302
2017: 306
Benzodiazepines dispensed
368
2017: 396
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
9
2017: 6
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Drug-Related Overdoses
78
2017: 89
Opioid-Related Overdoses
8
2017: 9
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
0
2017: 0
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
111
2017: 107
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
95
2017: 109
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
5.5
%
2017: 4.9%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
5.3
%
2017: 4.7%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
86
2017: 86
Incidence of HIV Cases
2022 Data Coming Soon
2017: 33