By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
10
2020: 7
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
7
2020: 5
Deaths Involving Opioids
5
2020: 4
Deaths Involving Heroin
N/A
2020: N/A
Deaths Involving Cocaine
2
2020: N/A
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
4
2020: 3
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
6
2020: 3
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
914
2020: 822
Stimulants dispensed
305
2020: 202
Benzodiazepines dispensed
534
2020: 471
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
16
2020: 12
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Overdose Biosurveillance Dashboard
This dashboard will be updated monthly to provide real-time data. For more information, click on the link below:
Drug-Related Overdoses
69
2020: 99
Opioid-Related Overdoses
9
2020: 13
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
N/A
2020: 0
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
54
2020: 57
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
169
2020: 160
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
13.5
%
2020: 13.0%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
10.1
%
2020: 9.0%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
128
2020: 82
Incidence of HIV Cases
N/A
2020: 15
Funded through Grant #1H79TI080221-01 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Statistical sources: cdc.gov, asam.org and greenvilleonline.com.
