By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Lexington County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
52
2014: 54
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
44
2014: 47
Deaths Involving Opioids
38
2014: 38
Deaths Involving Heroin
6
2014: 3
Deaths Involving Cocaine
7
2014: 3
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
13
2014: 7
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
2022 Data Coming Soon
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
1,005
2014: 978
Stimulants dispensed
378
2014: 391
Benzodiazepines dispensed
643
2014: 667
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
6
2014: 5
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Drug-Related Overdoses
2022 Data Coming Soon
Opioid-Related Overdoses
2022 Data Coming Soon
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
2022 Data Coming Soon
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
2022 Data Coming Soon
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
296
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
10.9
%
2014: 9.4%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
10.0
%
2014: 8.6%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
62
Incidence of HIV Cases
10
2014: 13