By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
90
2014: 71
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
52
2014: 38
Deaths Involving Opioids
58
2014: 41
Deaths Involving Heroin
26
2014: 18
Deaths Involving Cocaine
21
2014: 11
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
14
2014: 4
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
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
1,049
2014: 676
Stimulants dispensed
531
2014: 410
Benzodiazepines dispensed
620
2014: 470
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
8
2014: 6
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
N/A
Opioid-Related Overdoses
N/A
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
N/A
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
N/A
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
445
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
7.6
%
2014: 5.9%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
6.6
%
2014: 5.1%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
97
Incidence of HIV Cases
23
2014: 27
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.
