By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
3
2020: 5
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
3
2020: 3
Deaths Involving Opioids
3
2020: 4
Deaths Involving Heroin
1
2020: 2
Deaths Involving Cocaine
2
2020: 2
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
1
2020: 2
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
1
2020: 1
Prescription Data
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
1,070
2020: 847
Stimulants dispensed
386
2020: 195
Benzodiazepines dispensed
366
2020: 296
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
25
2020: 15
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:
Drug-Related Overdoses
183
2020: 143
Opioid-Related Overdoses
30
2020: 22
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
N/A
2020: 0
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
33
2020: 26
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
48
2020: 50
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
0.0
%
2020: 0.0%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
0.0
%
2020: 0.0%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
132
2020: 144
Incidence of HIV Cases
28
2020: 17
Funded through Grant #1H79TI080221-01 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Statistical sources: cdc.gov, asam.org and greenvilleonline.com.
