By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Florence County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
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2021: 66
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
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2021: 57
Deaths Involving Opioids
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2021: 57
Deaths Involving Heroin
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2021: 3
Deaths Involving Cocaine
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2021: 15
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
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2021: 42
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
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2021: 26
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
895
2021: 955
Stimulants dispensed
482
2021: 454
Benzodiazepines dispensed
450
2021: 499
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
19
2021: 17
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Drug-Related Overdoses
38
2021: 108
Opioid-Related Overdoses
14
2021: 20
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
14
2021: 11
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
167
2021: 156
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
627
2021: 660
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
11.3
%
2021: 10.3%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
8.0
%
2021: 7.6%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
74
2021: 147
Incidence of HIV Cases
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2021: 22