By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Richland County
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
2022 Data Coming Soon
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
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
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
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