By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
153
2020: 113
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
131
2020: 96
Deaths Involving Opioids
129
2020: 91
Deaths Involving Heroin
25
2020: 32
Deaths Involving Cocaine
21
2020: 9
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
105
2020: 61
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
62
2020: 43
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
771
2020: 832
Stimulants dispensed
370
2020: 284
Benzodiazepines dispensed
493
2020: 526
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
25
2020: 16
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
81
2020: 72
Opioid-Related Overdoses
17
2020: 15
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
2
2020: 6
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
461
2020: 452
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
913
2020: 805
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
14.4
%
2020: 14.0%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
10.2
%
2020: 10.0%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
132
2020: 108
Incidence of HIV Cases
11
2020: 0
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.
