By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Berkeley County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
11
2014: 22
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
10
2014: 18
Deaths Involving Opioids
7
2014: 15
Deaths Involving Heroin
2
2014: 1
Deaths Involving Cocaine
1
2014: 3
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
1
2014: 2022 Data Coming Soon
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
2022 Data Coming Soon
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
717
2014: 828
Stimulants dispensed
253
2014: 312
Benzodiazepines dispensed
331
2014: 411
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
3
2014: 2
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
219
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
7.6
%
2014: 5.3%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
7.2
%
2014: 4.7%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
54
Incidence of HIV Cases
13
2014: 11