By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Lancaster County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
35
2018: 14
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
31
2018: 12
Deaths Involving Opioids
32
2018: 12
Deaths Involving Heroin
14
2018: 5
Deaths Involving Cocaine
5
2018: 2
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
24
2018: 11
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
2022 Data Coming Soon
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
620
2018: 660
Stimulants dispensed
264
2018: 261
Benzodiazepines dispensed
364
2018: 388
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
24
2018: 11
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Drug-Related Overdoses
56
2018: 58
Opioid-Related Overdoses
10
2018: 11
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
11
2018: 0
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
263
2018: 236
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
270
2018: 151
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
14.5
%
2018: 12.3%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
13.2
%
2018: 9.8%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
117
2018: 151
Incidence of HIV Cases
10
2018: 0