By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Spartanburg County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
82
2017: 69
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
61
2017: 45
Deaths Involving Opioids
56
2017: 47
Deaths Involving Heroin
8
2017: 11
Deaths Involving Cocaine
8
2017: 12
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
36
2017: 23
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
2022 Data Coming Soon
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
900
2017: 1,031
Stimulants dispensed
284
2017: 290
Benzodiazepines dispensed
549
2017: 619
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
17
2017: 18
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Drug-Related Overdoses
80
2017: 91
Opioid-Related Overdoses
14
2017: 16
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
5
2017: 5
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
530
2017: 504
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
470
2017: 411
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
12.9
%
2017: 13.5%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
10.1
%
2017: 10.4%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
121
2017: 131
Incidence of HIV Cases
2022 Data Coming Soon
2017: 7