By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
16
2015: 30
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
16
2015: 26
Deaths Involving Opioids
14
2015: 25
Deaths Involving Heroin
2
2015: 1
Deaths Involving Cocaine
2
2015: 8
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
4
2015: 5
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
N/A
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
1,003
2015: 1,061
Stimulants dispensed
405
2015: 392
Benzodiazepines dispensed
503
2015: 515
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
12
2015: 6
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
102
Opioid-Related Overdoses
19
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
7
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
218
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
170
2015: 202
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
11.2
%
2015: 9.0%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
10.7
%
2015: 8.3%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
88
2015: 67
Incidence of HIV Cases
N/A
2015: 5
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.
