By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Beaufort County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
10
2015: 9
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
8
2015: 9
Deaths Involving Opioids
8
2015: 4
Deaths Involving Heroin
0
2015: 2022 Data Coming Soon
Deaths Involving Cocaine
2
2015: 1
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
4
2015: 1
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
2022 Data Coming Soon
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
705
2015: 737
Stimulants dispensed
220
2015: 212
Benzodiazepines dispensed
376
2015: 380
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
3
2015: 3
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Drug-Related Overdoses
84
Opioid-Related Overdoses
11
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
0
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
73
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
78
2015: 74
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
6.1
%
2015: 6.4%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
5.6
%
2015: 5.9%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
78
2015: 55
Incidence of HIV Cases
2022 Data Coming Soon
2015: 12