By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Charleston County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
201
2020: 197
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
164
2020: 177
Deaths Involving Opioids
156
2020: 168
Deaths Involving Heroin
17
2020: 47
Deaths Involving Cocaine
54
2020: 48
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
139
2020: 144
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
47
2020: 33
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
487
2020: 615
Stimulants dispensed
570
2020: 560
Benzodiazepines dispensed
398
2020: 466
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
23
2020: 22
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Drug-Related Overdoses
87
2020: 80
Opioid-Related Overdoses
16
2020: 15
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
4
2020: 2
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
227
2020: 231
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
697
2020: 552
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
9.9
%
2020: 9.0%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
7.7
%
2020: 7.0%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
99
2020: 106
Incidence of HIV Cases
15
2020: 0