By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
1
2020: 2
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
1
2020: 2
Deaths Involving Opioids
1
2020: 2
Deaths Involving Heroin
N/A
2020: N/A
Deaths Involving Cocaine
N/A
2020: N/A
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
1
2020: 2
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
1
2020: 1
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
323
2020: 219
Stimulants dispensed
129
2020: 84
Benzodiazepines dispensed
204
2020: 154
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
13
2020: 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
63
2020: 44
Opioid-Related Overdoses
9
2020: 5
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
N/A
2020: 0
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
5
2020: 6
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
27
2020: 30
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
6.1
%
2020: 5.0%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
0.0
%
2020: 0.0%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
43
2020: 74
Incidence of HIV Cases
N/A
2020: 27
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.
