By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Laurens County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
12
2016: 12
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
10
2016: 11
Deaths Involving Opioids
7
2016: 10
Deaths Involving Heroin
0
2016: 2022 Data Coming Soon
Deaths Involving Cocaine
0
2016: 1
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
3
2016: 1
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
2022 Data Coming Soon
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
884
2016: 958
Stimulants dispensed
248
2016: 251
Benzodiazepines dispensed
476
2016: 491
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
20
2016: 21
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Drug-Related Overdoses
107
2016: 96
Opioid-Related Overdoses
18
2016: 13
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
7
2016: 0
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
117
2016: 98
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
110
2016: 120
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
11.4
%
2016: 11.2%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
8.9
%
2016: 9.2%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
124
2016: 101
Incidence of HIV Cases
13
2016: 0