By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Colleton County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
2022 Data Coming Soon
2021: 11
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
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2021: 7
Deaths Involving Opioids
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2021: 7
Deaths Involving Heroin
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2021: 1
Deaths Involving Cocaine
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2021: 2
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
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2021: 6
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
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2021: 3
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
798
2021: 1,003
Stimulants dispensed
284
2021: 361
Benzodiazepines dispensed
291
2021: 390
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
24
2021: 16
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Drug-Related Overdoses
42
2021: 120
Opioid-Related Overdoses
13
2021: 22
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
15
2021: 11
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
96
2021: 87
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
159
2021: 145
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
14.0
%
2021: 10.8%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
9.6
%
2021: 9.2%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
18
2021: 75
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.
