By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Special Statistical Reports
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
1,734
2019: 1,131
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
1,463
2019: 923
Deaths Involving Opioids
1,400
2019: 876
Deaths Involving Heroin
244
2019: 196
Deaths Involving Cocaine
352
2019: 230
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
1,100
2019: 537
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
551
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
686
2019: 731
Stimulants dispensed
328
2019: 333
Benzodiazepines dispensed
429
2019: 441
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
18
2019: 14
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
79
2019: 85
Opioid-Related Overdoses
15
2019: 13
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
6
2019: 5
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
6,462
2019: 9,713
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
11,591
2019: 8,660
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
12.0
%
2019: 11.7%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
9.0
%
2019: 9.6%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
127
2019: 134
Incidence of HIV Cases
14
2019: 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.
