By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
63
2015: 55
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
47
2015: 47
Deaths Involving Opioids
36
2015: 35
Deaths Involving Heroin
7
2015: 2
Deaths Involving Cocaine
6
2015: 4
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
18
2015: 9
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
1,154
2015: 1,243
Stimulants dispensed
298
2015: 292
Benzodiazepines dispensed
678
2015: 707
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
15
2015: 11
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
101
Opioid-Related Overdoses
17
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
6
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
414
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
381
2015: 467
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
11.6
%
2015: 11.1%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
9.5
%
2015: 8.9%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
121
2015: 97
Incidence of HIV Cases
N/A
2015: 5
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.
