By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Georgetown County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
33
2015: 14
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
30
2015: 13
Deaths Involving Opioids
27
2015: 11
Deaths Involving Heroin
4
2015: 1
Deaths Involving Cocaine
5
2015: 2
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
9
2015: 2
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
2022 Data Coming Soon
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
968
2015: 1,031
Stimulants dispensed
333
2015: 328
Benzodiazepines dispensed
399
2015: 421
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
25
2015: 19
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Drug-Related Overdoses
163
Opioid-Related Overdoses
33
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
0
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
122
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
188
2015: 268
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
9.8
%
2015: 8.3%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
9.1
%
2015: 7.6%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
123
2015: 93
Incidence of HIV Cases
2022 Data Coming Soon
2015: 11