By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Lancaster County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
8
2015: 7
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
4
2015: 5
Deaths Involving Opioids
5
2015: 4
Deaths Involving Heroin
2
2015: 1
Deaths Involving Cocaine
1
2015: 2022 Data Coming Soon
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
1
2015: 2022 Data Coming Soon
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
2022 Data Coming Soon
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
862
2015: 917
Stimulants dispensed
267
2015: 274
Benzodiazepines dispensed
455
2015: 487
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
16
2015: 13
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Drug-Related Overdoses
74
Opioid-Related Overdoses
13
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
0
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
120
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
119
2015: 150
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
12.4
%
2015: 10.5%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
12.0
%
2015: 10.1%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
121
2015: 125
Incidence of HIV Cases
2022 Data Coming Soon
2015: 7