By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Special Statistical Reports
South Carolina Drug Overdose Deaths 2023
South Carolina Drug Overdose Deaths 2022
Drug Overdose Deaths Statistical Report
2019 South Carolina Overdose Mortality Data Executive Summary
Highlights from 2019 South Carolina Opioid Data Update
2021 OERT Statewide Fact Sheet
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
2020 Total Drug Overdose Deaths
181
2019: 140
2020 Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
145
2019: 109
2020 Deaths Involving Opioids
144
2019: 102
2020 Deaths Involving Heroin
28
2019: 23
2020 Deaths Involving Cocaine
39
2019: 28
2020 Deaths Involving Fentanyl
114
2019: 70
2020 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:
2020 Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
715
2019: 790
2020 Stimulants Dispensed
507
2019: 514
2020 Benzodiazepines Dispensed
497
2019: 516
EMS Data
2020 naloxone-administrations
1,044
2019: 831
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Overdose Biosurveillance Dashboard
This dashboard will be updated monthly to provide real-time data. For more information, click on the link below:
2020 Drug-Related Overdoses
1,594
2019: 1,539
2020 Opioid-Related Overdoses
538
2019: 458
Child Data
2020 NAS Cases
N/A
2019: N/A
State-Funded Treatment Data
2020 Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
595
2019: 1,397
Medicaid Data
2020 Number of Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
805
2019: 826
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
2020 Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
0
%
2019: N/A%
2020 Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
0
%
2019: N/A%
Infectious Disease Data
2020 Incidence of HIV Cases
70
2019: 73
2020 Incidence of Hep C Cases
888
2019: 585
