By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
1
2020: 4
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
1
2020: 4
Deaths Involving Opioids
1
2020: 4
Deaths Involving Heroin
N/A
2020: 1
Deaths Involving Cocaine
N/A
2020: 1
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
1
2020: 3
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
1
2020: 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
749
2020: 793
Stimulants dispensed
362
2020: 320
Benzodiazepines dispensed
405
2020: 438
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
N/A
2020: 4
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
88
2020: 86
Opioid-Related Overdoses
9
2020: 12
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
N/A
2020: 0
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
15
2020: 13
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
22
2020: 26
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
0.0
%
2020: 10.0%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
0.0
%
2020: 8.0%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
53
2020: 108
Incidence of HIV Cases
N/A
2020: 9
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.
