By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Greenville County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
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2021: 270
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
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2021: 230
Deaths Involving Opioids
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2021: 213
Deaths Involving Heroin
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2021: 16
Deaths Involving Cocaine
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2021: 47
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
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2021: 194
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
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2021: 135
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
597
2021: 617
Stimulants dispensed
513
2021: 483
Benzodiazepines dispensed
408
2021: 444
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
29
2021: 21
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Drug-Related Overdoses
30
2021: 71
Opioid-Related Overdoses
10
2021: 13
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
4
2021: 6
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
506
2021: 552
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
1,428
2021: 1,110
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
14.7
%
2021: 13.5%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
11.8
%
2021: 11.0%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
51
2021: 156
Incidence of HIV Cases
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2021: 11