By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Beaufort County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
9
2014: 11
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
9
2014: 10
Deaths Involving Opioids
4
2014: 9
Deaths Involving Heroin
0
2014: 2
Deaths Involving Cocaine
1
2014: 2
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
1
2014: 2
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
2022 Data Coming Soon
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
737
2014: 621
Stimulants dispensed
212
2014: 183
Benzodiazepines dispensed
380
2014: 372
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
3
2014: 4
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
74
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
6.4
%
2014: 5.5%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
5.9
%
2014: 5.0%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
55
Incidence of HIV Cases
12
2014: 9