By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
42
2014: 29
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
34
2014: 23
Deaths Involving Opioids
28
2014: 24
Deaths Involving Heroin
8
2014: 6
Deaths Involving Cocaine
2
2014: 2
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
4
2014: 1
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
N/A
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
843
2014: 713
Stimulants dispensed
273
2014: 239
Benzodiazepines dispensed
459
2014: 436
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
8
2014: 11
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
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
248
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
9.8
%
2014: 9.1%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
9.5
%
2014: 8.5%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
97
Incidence of HIV Cases
9
2014: 12
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.
