By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Anderson County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
33
2015: 40
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
25
2015: 37
Deaths Involving Opioids
20
2015: 30
Deaths Involving Heroin
0
2015: 2022 Data Coming Soon
Deaths Involving Cocaine
4
2015: 2
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
2
2015: 1
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
2022 Data Coming Soon
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
989
2015: 1,028
Stimulants dispensed
232
2015: 223
Benzodiazepines dispensed
604
2015: 606
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
13
2015: 11
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Drug-Related Overdoses
93
Opioid-Related Overdoses
12
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
4
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
233
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
294
2015: 311
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
7.7
%
2015: 6.5%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
6.1
%
2015: 5.9%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
113
2015: 75
Incidence of HIV Cases
2022 Data Coming Soon
2015: 6