By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Dorchester County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
30
2014: 14
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
26
2014: 13
Deaths Involving Opioids
25
2014: 10
Deaths Involving Heroin
1
2014: 1
Deaths Involving Cocaine
8
2014: 2022 Data Coming Soon
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
5
2014: 1
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
2022 Data Coming Soon
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
1,061
2014: 1,108
Stimulants dispensed
392
2014: 426
Benzodiazepines dispensed
515
2014: 590
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
6
2014: 3
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Drug-Related Overdoses
2022 Data Coming Soon
Opioid-Related Overdoses
2022 Data Coming Soon
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
2022 Data Coming Soon
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
2022 Data Coming Soon
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
202
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
9.0
%
2014: 6.0%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
8.3
%
2014: 5.7%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
67
Incidence of HIV Cases
5
2014: 7