By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
York County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
55
2017: 60
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
49
2017: 52
Deaths Involving Opioids
43
2017: 45
Deaths Involving Heroin
6
2017: 7
Deaths Involving Cocaine
8
2017: 7
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
26
2017: 24
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
2022 Data Coming Soon
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
573
2017: 683
Stimulants dispensed
293
2017: 287
Benzodiazepines dispensed
362
2017: 408
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
9
2017: 8
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Drug-Related Overdoses
60
2017: 60
Opioid-Related Overdoses
9
2017: 9
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
13
2017: 13
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
539
2017: 449
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
329
2017: 306
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
12.5
%
2017: 12.3%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
11.5
%
2017: 11.6%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
123
2017: 115
Incidence of HIV Cases
2022 Data Coming Soon
2017: 12