By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Special Statistical Reports
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
789
2014: 718
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
641
2014: 572
Deaths Involving Opioids
565
2014: 508
Deaths Involving Heroin
95
2014: 57
Deaths Involving Cocaine
117
2014: 88
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
130
2014: 68
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
1,027
2014: 927
Stimulants dispensed
312
2014: 288
Benzodiazepines dispensed
551
2014: 542
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
10
2014: 9
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
N/A
Opioid-Related Overdoses
N/A
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
N/A
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
N/A
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
7,225
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
8.7
%
2014: 7.3%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
7.8
%
2014: 6.5%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
88
Incidence of HIV Cases
15
2014: 16
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.
