By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
36
2017: 28
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
28
2017: 22
Deaths Involving Opioids
30
2017: 20
Deaths Involving Heroin
9
2017: 2
Deaths Involving Cocaine
13
2017: 5
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
16
2017: 7
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
801
2017: 919
Stimulants dispensed
404
2017: 410
Benzodiazepines dispensed
433
2017: 473
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
10
2017: 15
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
85
2017: 96
Opioid-Related Overdoses
15
2017: 19
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
5
2017: 7
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
230
2017: 266
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
203
2017: 187
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
10.5
%
2017: 9.2%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
10.0
%
2017: 8.2%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
101
2017: 106
Incidence of HIV Cases
N/A
2017: 13
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.
