By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
* Mortality and Infectious Disease data coming soon
Sumter County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
5
2014: 6
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
4
2014: 5
Deaths Involving Opioids
2
2014: 2
Deaths Involving Heroin
0
Deaths Involving Cocaine
0
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
0
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
790
2014: 721
Stimulants dispensed
239
2014: 223
Benzodiazepines dispensed
317
2014: 334
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
7
2014: 4
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Drug-Related Overdoses
N/A
Opioid-Related Overdoses
N/A
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
N/A
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
N/A
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
99
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
4.8
%
2014: 4.6%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
4.3
%
2014: 4.3%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
N/A
Incidence of HIV Cases
23
2014: 31
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.
