By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Kershaw County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
30
2019: 11
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
27
2019: 8
Deaths Involving Opioids
27
2019: 9
Deaths Involving Heroin
4
2019: 3
Deaths Involving Cocaine
4
2019: 2
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
22
2019: 8
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
8
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
661
2019: 694
Stimulants dispensed
298
2019: 295
Benzodiazepines dispensed
432
2019: 440
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
13
2019: 8
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Drug-Related Overdoses
88
2019: 98
Opioid-Related Overdoses
15
2019: 11
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
0
2019: 0
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
119
2019: 223
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
172
2019: 179
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
13.0
%
2019: 11.3%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
10.0
%
2019: 8.1%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
144
2019: 129
Incidence of HIV Cases
0
2019: 17