By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Florence County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
66
2020: 52
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
57
2020: 46
Deaths Involving Opioids
57
2020: 44
Deaths Involving Heroin
3
2020: 3
Deaths Involving Cocaine
15
2020: 13
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
42
2020: 36
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
26
2020: 15
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
955
2020: 1,083
Stimulants dispensed
454
2020: 357
Benzodiazepines dispensed
499
2020: 532
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
17
2020: 12
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Drug-Related Overdoses
108
2020: 109
Opioid-Related Overdoses
20
2020: 20
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
11
2020: 10
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
156
2020: 274
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
660
2020: 631
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
10.3
%
2020: 11.0%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
7.6
%
2020: 8.0%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
147
2020: 123
Incidence of HIV Cases
22
2020: 0