By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Fairfield County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
1
2017: 3
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
0
2017: 1
Deaths Involving Opioids
0
2017: 2
Deaths Involving Heroin
0
2017: 1
Deaths Involving Cocaine
0
2017: 1
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
0
2017: 1
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
2022 Data Coming Soon
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
415
2017: 467
Stimulants dispensed
86
2017: 93
Benzodiazepines dispensed
192
2017: 213
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
46
2017: 35
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Drug-Related Overdoses
92
2017: 80
Opioid-Related Overdoses
13
2017: 14
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
0
2017: 0
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
35
2017: 39
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
30
2017: 28
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
8.5
%
2017: 6.3%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
6.4
%
2017: 0.0%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
179
2017: 146
Incidence of HIV Cases
2022 Data Coming Soon
2017: 22