By The Numbers: The SC Opioid Epidemic
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Mortality Data
Drug Overdose Deaths
Total Drug Overdose Deaths
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2021: 2,168
Deaths Involving Prescription Drugs
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2021: 1,853
Deaths Involving Opioids
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2021: 1,733
Deaths Involving Heroin
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2021: 136
Deaths Involving Cocaine
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2021: 446
Deaths Involving Fentanyl
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2021: 1,494
Deaths Involving Pyschostimulants
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2021: 778
Prescription Data
Number of Prescriptions Dispensed
Opioid Prescriptions Dispensed
594
2021: 685
Stimulants dispensed
407
2021: 416
Benzodiazepines dispensed
365
2021: 428
EMS Data
Naloxone administrations via EMS
27
2021: 21
Hospital Data
Drug Overdose Hospitalizations
Drug-Related Overdoses
31
2021: 86
Opioid-Related Overdoses
11
2021: 16
Child Data
Newborns Identified with Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome
6
2021: 6
State-Funded Treatment Data
Patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
5,563
2021: 6,248
Medicaid Data
Number of patients with an Opioid Use Disorder
15,125
2021: 13,159
Criminal Justice Data
Inmates in SCDC Custody Who Have Indicated Opioid Use
Inmate Opioid Usage – Any Screening
13.2
%
2021: 11.8%
Inmate Opioid Usage – Recent Screening
10.2
%
2021: 9.4%
Infectious Disease Data
Incidence of Hep C cases
53
2021: 123
Incidence of HIV Cases
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2021: 14