By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Spartanburg County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
2022 Data Coming Soon
2021: 153
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
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2021: 131
Deaths Involving Opioids
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2021: 129
Deaths Involving Heroin
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2021: 25
Deaths Involving Cocaine
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2021: 21
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
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2021: 105
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
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2021: 62
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
709
2021: 771
Stimulants dispensed
348
2021: 370
Benzodiazepines dispensed
417
2021: 493
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
33
2021: 25
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Drug-Related Overdoses
37
2021: 81
Opioid-Related Overdoses
14
2021: 17
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
4
2021: 2
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
451
2021: 461
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
1,147
2021: 913
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
15.2
%
2021: 14.4%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
10.8
%
2021: 10.2%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
47
2021: 132
Incidence of HIV Cases
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2021: 11