By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Lexington County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
65
2018: 55
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
58
2018: 48
Deaths Involving Opioids
48
2018: 42
Deaths Involving Heroin
14
2018: 5
Deaths Involving Cocaine
10
2018: 9
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
27
2018: 23
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
2022 Data Coming Soon
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
775
2018: 771
Stimulants dispensed
420
2018: 405
Benzodiazepines dispensed
586
2018: 576
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
9
2018: 9
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Drug-Related Overdoses
67
2018: 74
Opioid-Related Overdoses
10
2018: 10
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
0
2018: 2
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
232
2018: 418
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
494
2018: 216
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
12.2
%
2018: 12.5%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
10.6
%
2018: 11.1%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
104
2018: 105
Incidence of HIV Cases
11
2018: 0