By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Sumter County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
30
2019: 27
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
24
2019: 18
Deaths Involving Opioids
23
2019: 19
Deaths Involving Heroin
2
2019: 6
Deaths Involving Cocaine
7
2019: 8
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
18
2019: 10
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
11
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
586
2019: 585
Stimulants dispensed
238
2019: 244
Benzodiazepines dispensed
265
2019: 264
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
16
2019: 9
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Drug-Related Overdoses
74
2019: 77
Opioid-Related Overdoses
13
2019: 10
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
4
2019: 0
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
128
2019: 172
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
202
2019: 177
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
9.0
%
2019: 8.7%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
7.0
%
2019: 7.4%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
93
2019: 108
Incidence of HIV Cases
10
2019: 26