By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
28
2020: 30
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
23
2020: 27
Deaths Involving Opioids
21
2020: 27
Deaths Involving Heroin
N/A
2020: 4
Deaths Involving Cocaine
3
2020: 4
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
21
2020: 22
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
11
2020: 8
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
862
2020: 661
Stimulants dispensed
512
2020: 298
Benzodiazepines dispensed
566
2020: 432
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
21
2020: 13
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
118
2020: 88
Opioid-Related Overdoses
22
2020: 15
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
N/A
2020: 0
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
115
2020: 119
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
202
2020: 172
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
16.9
%
2020: 13.0%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
14.9
%
2020: 10.0%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
138
2020: 144
Incidence of HIV Cases
9
2020: 0
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.
