By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Cherokee County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
4
2017: 1
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
2
2017: 2022 Data Coming Soon
Deaths Involving Opioids
2
2017: 1
Deaths Involving Heroin
0
2017: 1
Deaths Involving Cocaine
1
2017: 2022 Data Coming Soon
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
1
2017: 2022 Data Coming Soon
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
2022 Data Coming Soon
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
987
2017: 1,103
Stimulants dispensed
215
2017: 217
Benzodiazepines dispensed
515
2017: 558
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
16
2017: 18
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Drug-Related Overdoses
106
2017: 113
Opioid-Related Overdoses
9
2017: 13
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
0
2017: 0
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
70
2017: 93
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
110
2017: 116
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
11.8
%
2017: 11.2%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
8.7
%
2017: 8.8%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
131
2017: 141
Incidence of HIV Cases
2022 Data Coming Soon
2017: 0