By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
28
2015: 31
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
26
2015: 28
Deaths Involving Opioids
23
2015: 27
Deaths Involving Heroin
2
2015: 6
Deaths Involving Cocaine
2
2015: 3
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
6
2015: 4
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
N/A
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Prescription Dashboards
The dashboards will be updated quarterly to provide real-time data. For more information click on the links below:
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
930
2015: 980
Stimulants dispensed
287
2015: 273
Benzodiazepines dispensed
572
2015: 591
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
8
2015: 6
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Overdose Biosurveillance Dashboard
This dashboard will be updated monthly to provide real-time data. For more information, click on the link below:
Drug-Related Overdoses
46
Opioid-Related Overdoses
5
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
N/A
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
131
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
228
2015: 163
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
8.9
%
2015: 8.4%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
7.7
%
2015: 8.0%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
68
2015: 53
Incidence of HIV Cases
N/A
2015: 13
Funded through Grant #1H79TI080221-01 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Statistical sources: cdc.gov, asam.org and greenvilleonline.com.
