By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Georgetown County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
28
2019: 15
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
24
2019: 15
Deaths Involving Opioids
26
2019: 13
Deaths Involving Heroin
6
2019: 2022 Data Coming Soon
Deaths Involving Cocaine
9
2019: 2
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
20
2019: 7
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
6
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
767
2019: 804
Stimulants dispensed
310
2019: 327
Benzodiazepines dispensed
380
2019: 378
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
31
2019: 32
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Drug-Related Overdoses
153
2019: 203
Opioid-Related Overdoses
29
2019: 35
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
0
2019: 0
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
159
2019: 171
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
260
2019: 272
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
12.0
%
2019: 11.3%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
9.0
%
2019: 8.8%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
106
2019: 124
Incidence of HIV Cases
17
2019: 14