By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
87
2015: 90
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
54
2015: 52
Deaths Involving Opioids
65
2015: 58
Deaths Involving Heroin
36
2015: 26
Deaths Involving Cocaine
16
2015: 21
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
18
2015: 14
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
N/A
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Prescription Dashboards
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Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
961
2015: 1,049
Stimulants dispensed
543
2015: 531
Benzodiazepines dispensed
588
2015: 620
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
10
2015: 8
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Overdose Biosurveillance Dashboard
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Drug-Related Overdoses
88
Opioid-Related Overdoses
14
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
2
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
413
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
275
2015: 445
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
7.9
%
2015: 7.6%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
7.2
%
2015: 6.6%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
100
2015: 97
Incidence of HIV Cases
N/A
2015: 23