By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
York County
Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
57
2018: 55
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
54
2018: 49
Deaths Involving Opioids
49
2018: 43
Deaths Involving Heroin
6
2018: 6
Deaths Involving Cocaine
3
2018: 8
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
28
2018: 26
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
2022 Data Coming Soon
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
511
2018: 573
Stimulants dispensed
302
2018: 293
Benzodiazepines dispensed
336
2018: 362
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
12
2018: 9
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Drug-Related Overdoses
66
2018: 60
Opioid-Related Overdoses
10
2018: 9
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
13
2018: 13
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
897
2018: 539
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
524
2018: 329
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
13.9
%
2018: 12.5%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
12.5
%
2018: 11.5%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
117
2018: 123
Incidence of HIV Cases
15
2018: 0