By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
197
2019: 123
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
177
2019: 106
Deaths Involving Opioids
168
2019: 107
Deaths Involving Heroin
47
2019: 43
Deaths Involving Cocaine
48
2019: 32
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
144
2019: 71
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
33
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
615
2019: 666
Stimulants dispensed
560
2019: 564
Benzodiazepines dispensed
466
2019: 477
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
22
2019: 16
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Overdose Biosurveillance Dashboard
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Drug-Related Overdoses
80
2019: 84
Opioid-Related Overdoses
15
2019: 14
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
2
2019: 2
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
231
2019: 979
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
552
2019: 574
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
9.0
%
2019: 9.5%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
7.0
%
2019: 8.4%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
106
2019: 114
Incidence of HIV Cases
N/A
2019: 18