By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Sumter County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
27
2018: 29
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
18
2018: 16
Deaths Involving Opioids
19
2018: 17
Deaths Involving Heroin
6
2018: 8
Deaths Involving Cocaine
8
2018: 11
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
10
2018: 7
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
2022 Data Coming Soon
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
585
2018: 617
Stimulants dispensed
244
2018: 241
Benzodiazepines dispensed
264
2018: 273
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
9
2018: 8
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Drug-Related Overdoses
77
2018: 77
Opioid-Related Overdoses
10
2018: 9
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
0
2018: 0
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
172
2018: 120
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
177
2018: 97
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
8.7
%
2018: 7.1%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
7.4
%
2018: 6.0%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
108
2018: 126
Incidence of HIV Cases
26
2018: 0