By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Lancaster County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
14
2017: 24
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
12
2017: 20
Deaths Involving Opioids
12
2017: 23
Deaths Involving Heroin
5
2017: 9
Deaths Involving Cocaine
2
2017: 9
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
11
2017: 16
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
2022 Data Coming Soon
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
660
2017: 776
Stimulants dispensed
261
2017: 265
Benzodiazepines dispensed
388
2017: 422
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
11
2017: 22
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Drug-Related Overdoses
58
2017: 59
Opioid-Related Overdoses
11
2017: 11
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
0
2017: 0
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
236
2017: 183
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
151
2017: 151
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
12.3
%
2017: 12.2%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
9.8
%
2017: 11.4%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
151
2017: 140
Incidence of HIV Cases
2022 Data Coming Soon
2017: 9