By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
113
2019: 75
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
96
2019: 56
Deaths Involving Opioids
91
2019: 55
Deaths Involving Heroin
32
2019: 20
Deaths Involving Cocaine
9
2019: 14
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
61
2019: 26
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
43
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Prescription Dashboards
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Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
832
2019: 913
Stimulants dispensed
284
2019: 291
Benzodiazepines dispensed
526
2019: 573
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
16
2019: 15
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Overdose Biosurveillance Dashboard
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Drug-Related Overdoses
72
2019: 80
Opioid-Related Overdoses
15
2019: 13
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
6
2019: 6
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
452
2019: 592
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
805
2019: 940
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
14.0
%
2019: 13.8%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
10.0
%
2019: 10.8%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
108
2019: 118
Incidence of HIV Cases
N/A
2019: 9