By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
42
2014: 53
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
30
2014: 47
Deaths Involving Opioids
33
2014: 36
Deaths Involving Heroin
10
2014: 1
Deaths Involving Cocaine
7
2014: 2
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
1
2014: 6
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
N/A
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Prescription Dashboards
The dashboards will be updated quarterly to provide real-time data. For more information click on the links below:
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
876
2014: 566
Stimulants dispensed
299
2014: 213
Benzodiazepines dispensed
474
2014: 342
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
4
2014: 3
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Overdose Biosurveillance Dashboard
This dashboard will be updated monthly to provide real-time data. For more information, click on the link below:
Drug-Related Overdoses
N/A
Opioid-Related Overdoses
N/A
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
N/A
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
N/A
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
286
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
4.3
%
2014: 3.4%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
4.0
%
2014: 3.2%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
97
Incidence of HIV Cases
30
2014: 32
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.
