By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
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
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
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
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
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
N/A
2015: 30
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.
