By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Cherokee County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
2022 Data Coming Soon
2021: 10
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
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2021: 7
Deaths Involving Opioids
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2021: 5
Deaths Involving Heroin
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2021: 2022 Data Coming Soon
Deaths Involving Cocaine
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2021: 2
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
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2021: 4
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
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2021: 6
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
715
2021: 914
Stimulants dispensed
273
2021: 305
Benzodiazepines dispensed
431
2021: 534
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
23
2021: 16
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Drug-Related Overdoses
34
2021: 69
Opioid-Related Overdoses
10
2021: 9
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
0
2021: 0
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
64
2021: 54
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
239
2021: 169
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
14.0
%
2021: 13.5%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
10.3
%
2021: 10.1%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
61
2021: 128
Incidence of HIV Cases
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2021: 0
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.
