By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Charleston County
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
2022 Data Coming Soon
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
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
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
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