By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Greenwood County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
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2021: 40
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
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2021: 37
Deaths Involving Opioids
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2021: 36
Deaths Involving Heroin
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2021: 2022 Data Coming Soon
Deaths Involving Cocaine
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2021: 2
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
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2021: 32
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
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2021: 16
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
691
2021: 690
Stimulants dispensed
438
2021: 359
Benzodiazepines dispensed
388
2021: 390
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
25
2021: 23
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Drug-Related Overdoses
42
2021: 114
Opioid-Related Overdoses
19
2021: 28
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
7
2021: 0
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
100
2021: 140
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
312
2021: 240
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
15.8
%
2021: 12.0%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
11.8
%
2021: 9.8%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
91
2021: 176
Incidence of HIV Cases
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2021: 14