By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
9
2019: 2
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
6
2019: 2
Deaths Involving Opioids
5
2019: 1
Deaths Involving Heroin
0
2019: N/A
Deaths Involving Cocaine
1
2019: N/A
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
5
2019: 1
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
3
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Prescription Dashboards
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Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
822
2019: 844
Stimulants dispensed
330
2019: 344
Benzodiazepines dispensed
406
2019: 437
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
29
2019: 14
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Overdose Biosurveillance Dashboard
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Drug-Related Overdoses
119
2019: 105
Opioid-Related Overdoses
26
2019: 12
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
N/A
2019: 0
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
87
2019: 63
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
143
2019: 134
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
17.0
%
2019: 19.0%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
12.0
%
2019: 12.7%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
63
2019: 95
Incidence of HIV Cases
19
2019: 0