By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
181
2019: 140
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
145
2019: 109
Deaths Involving Opioids
144
2019: 102
Deaths Involving Heroin
28
2019: 23
Deaths Involving Cocaine
39
2019: 28
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
114
2019: 70
Deaths Involving Psychostimulants
60
2019: N/A
Prescription Data
Opioid Prescriptions
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Prescription Dashboards
The dashboards will be updated quarterly to provide real-time data. For more information click on the links below:
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
715
2019: 790
Stimulants Dispensed
507
2019: 514
Benzodiazepines Dispensed
497
2019: 516
EMS Data
naloxone-administrations
1,044
2019: 831
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Overdose Biosurveillance Dashboard
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Drug-Related Overdoses
1,594
2019: 1,539
Opioid-Related Overdoses
538
2019: 458
Child Data
NAS Cases
N/A
2019: N/A
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
595
2019: 1,397
Medicaid Data
Number of Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
805
2019: 826
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
0
%
2019: N/A%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
0
%
2019: N/A%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of HIV Cases
70
2019: 73
Incidence of Hep C Cases
888
2019: 585
