By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
146
2015: 99
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
107
2015: 87
Deaths Involving Opioids
101
2015: 78
Deaths Involving Heroin
11
2015: 8
Deaths Involving Cocaine
36
2015: 22
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
34
2015: 21
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
N/A
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
1,132
2015: 1,212
Stimulants dispensed
310
2015: 305
Benzodiazepines dispensed
628
2015: 658
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
32
2015: 20
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
126
Opioid-Related Overdoses
30
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
9
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
609
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
847
2015: 839
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
13.6
%
2015: 12.4%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
12.3
%
2015: 11.8%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
224
2015: 129
Incidence of HIV Cases
N/A
2015: 13
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.
