By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Aiken County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
31
2014: 24
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
28
2014: 21
Deaths Involving Opioids
27
2014: 20
Deaths Involving Heroin
6
2014: 2022 Data Coming Soon
Deaths Involving Cocaine
3
2014: 5
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
4
2014: 2
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
2022 Data Coming Soon
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
980
2014: 794
Stimulants dispensed
273
2014: 228
Benzodiazepines dispensed
591
2014: 534
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
6
2014: 4
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Drug-Related Overdoses
2022 Data Coming Soon
Opioid-Related Overdoses
2022 Data Coming Soon
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
2022 Data Coming Soon
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
2022 Data Coming Soon
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
163
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
8.4
%
2014: 7.2%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
8.0
%
2014: 6.8%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
53
Incidence of HIV Cases
13
2014: 13