By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
N/A
2022: 132
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
N/A
2022: 110
Deaths Involving Opioids
N/A
2022: 104
Deaths Involving Heroin
N/A
2022: 2
Deaths Involving Cocaine
N/A
2022: 53
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
N/A
2022: 88
Deaths Involving Psychostimulants
N/A
2022: 40
Prescription Data
Opioid Prescriptions
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
566
2022: 584
Stimulants Dispensed
426
2022: 428
Benzodiazepines Dispensed
341
2022: 368
EMS Data
naloxone-administrations
542
2022: 684
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
1,105
2022: 1,119
Opioid-Related Overdoses
322
2022: 370
Child Data
NAS Cases
N/A
2022: 3
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
276
2022: 214
Medicaid Data
Number of Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
1,171
2022: 968
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
0
%
2022: N/A%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
0
%
2022: N/A%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of HIV Cases
N/A
2022: N/A
Incidence of Hep C Cases
N/A
2022: 531
