By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
13
2017: 7
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
10
2017: 2
Deaths Involving Opioids
11
2017: 4
Deaths Involving Heroin
3
2017: 2
Deaths Involving Cocaine
4
2017: 4
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
6
2017: 2
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
N/A
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Prescription Dashboards
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Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
721
2017: 836
Stimulants dispensed
295
2017: 306
Benzodiazepines dispensed
461
2017: 505
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
8
2017: 7
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Overdose Biosurveillance Dashboard
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Drug-Related Overdoses
96
2017: 95
Opioid-Related Overdoses
14
2017: 12
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
N/A
2017: 0
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
187
2017: 107
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
112
2017: 101
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
8.9
%
2017: 9.1%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
7.8
%
2017: 8.1%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
125
2017: 163
Incidence of HIV Cases
N/A
2017: 15