By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Pickens County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
2022 Data Coming Soon
2021: 55
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
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2021: 46
Deaths Involving Opioids
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2021: 41
Deaths Involving Heroin
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2021: 1
Deaths Involving Cocaine
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2021: 5
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
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2021: 31
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
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2021: 23
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
659
2021: 856
Stimulants dispensed
520
2021: 521
Benzodiazepines dispensed
437
2021: 579
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
35
2021: 25
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Drug-Related Overdoses
35
2021: 91
Opioid-Related Overdoses
12
2021: 17
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
6
2021: 9
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
203
2021: 200
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
474
2021: 354
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
21.5
%
2021: 18.0%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
16.0
%
2021: 14.2%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
40
2021: 146
Incidence of HIV Cases
2022 Data Coming Soon
2021: 6
Funded through Grant #1H79TI080221-01 from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
Statistical sources: cdc.gov, asam.org and greenvilleonline.com.
