By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
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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
2022 Data Coming Soon
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
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
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
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