By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Richland County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
68
2015: 42
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
49
2015: 30
Deaths Involving Opioids
42
2015: 33
Deaths Involving Heroin
11
2015: 10
Deaths Involving Cocaine
17
2015: 7
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
16
2015: 1
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
2022 Data Coming Soon
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
842
2015: 876
Stimulants dispensed
314
2015: 299
Benzodiazepines dispensed
463
2015: 474
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
6
2015: 4
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Drug-Related Overdoses
77
Opioid-Related Overdoses
11
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
1
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
242
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
220
2015: 286
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
5.4
%
2015: 4.3%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
5.0
%
2015: 4.0%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
138
2015: 97
Incidence of HIV Cases
2022 Data Coming Soon
2015: 30