Substance Use in Minnesota : Data By Demographic

Demographic: African-American or Black (Race)

Population

Population by Race and Gender	2000		2001		2002		2003		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008
Population by Race and Gender	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Minnesota	175,816	4%	184,742	4%	192,638	4%	200,271	4%	207,882	4%	214,704	4%	223,336	4%	224,568	4%	238,531	5%
East Central	2,971	1%	3,340	1%	4,163	1%	4,746	1%	5,168	1%	5,506	1%	5,936	1%	6,474	1%	7,208	1%
Metro	159,837	7%	167,408	6%	173,713	6%	179,962	7%	186,331	7%	192,410	7%	199,689	7%	199,332	7%	210,945	8%
Non-Metro	15,979	1%	17,334	1%	18,925	1%	20,309	1%	21,551	1%	22,294	1%	23,647	1%	25,236	1%	27,586	1%
Northwest	472	0%	524	0%	557	0%	589	0%	621	0%	654	0%	688	0%	766	0%	977	0%
Northeast	2,175	1%	2,301	1%	2,374	1%	2,461	1%	2,550	1%	2,620	1%	2,570	1%	2,846	1%	3,056	1%
Southeast	6,057	1%	6,518	1%	7,033	1%	7,476	2%	7,945	2%	8,337	2%	8,850	2%	9,023	2%	9,667	2%
Southwest	3,261	1%	3,522	1%	3,508	1%	3,686	1%	3,860	1%	3,840	1%	4,214	1%	4,614	1%	5,176	1%
West Central	1,043	0%	1,129	0%	1,290	0%	1,351	0%	1,407	0%	1,337	0%	1,389	0%	1,513	0%	1,502	0%

Alcohol Consumption

Students Reporting Any Use of Alcohol in the Past 30 Days	1995		1998		2001		2004		2007
Students Reporting Any Use of Alcohol in the Past 30 Days	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Minnesota	438	13%	825	23%	870	19%	1,094	19%	1,457	19%
Metro	319	11%	651	21%	681	17%	892	18%	1,103	17%
Non-Metro	119	30%	174	38%	189	28%	202	23%	354	25%

Students Reporting Having 5 or More Drinks in a Row on at Least One Occasion within the Past 2 Weeks	1995		1998		2001		2004		2007
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Minnesota	372	21%	420	21%	422	17%	542	15%	723	16%
Metro	279	18%	304	18%	304	15%	415	14%	532	15%
Non-Metro	93	40%	116	40%	118	29%	127	24%	191	23%

Students Reporting Driving a Motor Vehicle One or More Times After Using Alcohol or Drugs, within the Past 12 Months	1995		1998		2001		2004		2007
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Minnesota	188	17%	270	16%	258	12%	358	12%	371	10%
Metro	124	13%	185	13%	182	10%	281	11%	262	9%
Non-Metro	64	37%	85	33%	76	21%	77	17%	109	15%

Students Reporting Ever Riding with Friends After Using Alcohol or Drugs	1995		1998		2001		2004		2007
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Minnesota	649	36%	707	33%	775	28%	1,031	27%	1,325	27%
Metro	513	32%	553	30%	604	26%	839	26%	1,017	26%
Non-Metro	136	56%	154	50%	171	39%	192	34%	308	34%

Students Reporting That They First Had More than a Few Sips of Alcohol at Age 13 or Younger	2007
	Number	Percent
Minnesota	2,143	28%
Metro	1,706	27%
Non-Metro	437	31%

Average Age at Which Students Reported First Drinking More than a Few Sips of Alcohol	2007
Minnesota	12
Metro	12
Non-Metro	12

Adults Reporting Any Use of Alcohol in the Past 30 Days	2004/2005
Minnesota	33%
East Central	27%
Metro	34%
Non-Metro	17%
Northwest	N/R
Northeast	0%
Southeast	5%
Southwest	24%
West Central	51%

Adults Reporting Having 5 or More Drinks (4 or More for Females) in a Row on at Least One Occasion within the Past 30 Days	2004/2005
Minnesota	10%
East Central	27%
Metro	10%
Non-Metro	7%
Northwest	*
Northeast	0%
Southeast	1%
Southwest	0%
West Central	0%

Students Reporting Having 5 or More Drinks in a Row on at Least One Occasion within the Past 2 Weeks	1995		1998		2001		2004		2007
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Minnesota	151	9%	173	9%	162	7%	211	6%	263	6%
Metro	92	6%	107	6%	106	5%	155	5%	174	5%
Non-Metro	59	26%	66	23%	56	14%	56	11%	89	11%

Alcohol Consequences

Liquor Law Arrests and Apprehensions	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009
Minnesota	2,321	2,081	2,039	2,326	2,006	1,844	1,658	1,552	2,107	2,421	2,592	2,847

Alcohol Risk & Protective Factors

Students Reporting Any Alcohol Use in the Past 30 Days, Who Bought the Alcohol from Someone or Somewhere	1998		2001		2004		2007
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Minnesota	134	21%	151	23%	168	20%	230	19%
Metro	100	21%	111	23%	133	19%	163	18%
Non-Metro	34	24%	40	26%	35	22%	67	23%

Students Reporting Any Alcohol Use in the Past 30 Days, Who Got the Alcohol from Someone or Somewhere	1998		2001		2004		2007
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Minnesota	545	87%	557	86%	729	86%	1,009	84%
Metro	419	87%	425	87%	586	85%	757	83%
Non-Metro	126	88%	132	85%	143	90%	252	88%

Students Reporting Any Alcohol Use in the Past 30 Days, Who Took the Alcohol from Someone or Somewhere	1998		2001		2004		2007
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Minnesota	223	36%	232	36%	312	37%	408	34%
Metro	168	35%	168	34%	254	37%	309	34%
Non-Metro	55	38%	64	41%	58	36%	99	34%

Students Reporting that they Believe People Put themselves at Great or Moderate Risk of Harm by Frequently Binge Drinking	2007
	Number	Percent
Minnesota	5,996	79%
Metro	4,931	80%
Non-Metro	1,065	77%

Students Reporting that they Believe their Close Friends Would Disapprove or Greatly Disapprove if they Frequently Binge Drink	2007
	Number	Percent
Minnesota	5,907	78%
Metro	4,909	79%
Non-Metro	998	72%

Tobacco Consumption

Students Reporting Smoking a Cigarette on One or More Days within the Past 30 Days	1995		1998		2001		2004		2007
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Minnesota	406	12%	529	13%	516	10%	759	11%	845	10%
Metro	281	10%	401	11%	380	9%	596	10%	613	9%
Non-Metro	125	31%	128	24%	136	18%	163	17%	232	15%

Students Reporting Smoking Cigarettes on 20 or More Days within the past 30 Days	2001		2004		2007
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Minnesota	242	5%	251	4%	261	3%
Metro	165	4%	191	3%	170	2%
Non-Metro	77	10%	60	6%	91	6%

Students Reporting Use of Chewing Tobacco or Snuff within the Past 30 Days	1995		1998		2001		2004		2007
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Minnesota	125	4%	115	3%	103	2%	193	3%	333	4%
Metro	63	2%	71	2%	66	1%	136	2%	208	3%
Non-Metro	62	16%	44	8%	37	5%	57	6%	125	8%

Students Reporting They First Smoked All or Part of a Cigarette at Age 13 or Younger	2007
	Number	Percent
Minnesota	1,809	22%
Metro	1,400	20%
Non-Metro	409	27%

Average Age at Which Students First Reported Smoking All or Part of a Cigarette	2007
Minnesota	12
Metro	12
Non-Metro	12

Students Reporting They First Smoked a Cigar or Used Chewing Tobacco at Age 13 or Younger	2007
	Number	Percent
Minnesota	672	8%
Metro	465	7%
Non-Metro	207	14%

Average Age at Which Students Reported First Smoking a Cigar or Using Chewing Tobacco	2007
Minnesota	12
Metro	12
Non-Metro	12

Adults Reporting Smoking Cigarettes on One or More Days Within the Past 30 Days	2004/2005
Minnesota	27%
East Central	15%
Metro	28%
Non-Metro	13%
Northwest	N/R
Northeast	0%
Southeast	23%
Southwest	0%
West Central	2%

Tobacco Consequences

No data was found for African-American or Black (Race) in the category Tobacco Consequences

Tobacco Risk & Protective Factors

Students Reporting Any Tobacco Use in the Past 30 Days, Who Bought theTobacco from Someone or Somewhere	1998		2001		2004		2007
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Minnesota	301	58%	318	59%	342	57%	411	58%
Metro	222	58%	227	59%	268	58%	290	58%
Non-Metro	79	58%	91	61%	74	57%	121	59%

Students Reporting Any Tobacco Use in the Past 30 Days, Who Got the Tobacco from Someone or Somewhere	1998		2001		2004		2007
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Minnesota	410	79%	403	75%	448	75%	555	78%
Metro	304	79%	288	74%	340	73%	389	77%
Non-Metro	106	78%	115	77%	108	84%	166	81%

Students Reporting Any Tobacco Use in the Past 30 Days, Who Took the Tobacco from Someone or Somewhere	1998		2001		2004		2007
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Minnesota	223	43%	201	37%	239	40%	267	38%
Metro	165	43%	137	35%	189	41%	179	36%
Non-Metro	58	43%	64	43%	50	39%	88	43%

Students Reporting that they Believe People Put themselves at Great or Moderate Risk of Harm by Smoking One or More Packs of Cigarettes Per Day	2007
	Number	Percent
Minnesota	6,166	81%
Metro	5,042	81%
Non-Metro	1,124	81%

Students Reporting that they Believe their Close Friends Would Disapprove or Greatly Disapprove if they Smoke One or More Packs of Cigarettes Per Day	2007
	Number	Percent
Minnesota	6,213	81%
Metro	5,143	82%
Non-Metro	1,070	77%

Other Drug Consumption

Students Reporting Any Use of Marijuana in the Past 30 Days	1995		1998		2001		2004		2007
Students Reporting Any Use of Marijuana in the Past 30 Days	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Minnesota	495	15%	557	14%	628	13%	727	13%	1,003	12%
Metro	397	14%	448	13%	508	13%	536	11%	805	12%
Non-Metro	98	25%	109	22%	120	18%	191	20%	198	14%

Students Reporting Using Marijuana on 3 or More Occasions within the Past 30 Days	1995		1998		2001		2004		2007
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Minnesota	337	10%	371	10%	413	9%	445	7%	696	9%
Metro	258	9%	293	9%	327	8%	377	7%	555	8%
Non-Metro	79	20%	78	16%	86	13%	68	8%	141	10%

Students Reporting Use of Inhalants within the Past 12 Months	1995		1998		2001		2004		2007
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Minnesota	249	8%	266	7%	248	5%	325	5%	327	4%
Metro	173	6%	203	6%	192	5%	269	5%	251	4%
Non-Metro	76	19%	63	12%	56	8%	56	6%	76	6%

Students Reporting Methamphetamine Use within the Past 12 Months	2001		2004		2007
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Minnesota	144	6%	169	5%	155	4%
Metro	98	5%	136	5%	110	3%
Non-Metro	46	12%	33	6%	45	6%

Students Reporting Use of Someone Else's Prescription Drugs within the Past 12 Months	1995		1998		2001		2004
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Minnesota	426	13%	316	8%	294	6%	380	6%
Metro	337	12%	252	7%	235	6%	317	6%
Non-Metro	89	23%	64	13%	59	9%	63	7%

Students Reporting Use of Any Prescription Drugs Not Prescribed by Their Doctor or that They Took Only to Get High within the Past 12 Months		2007
		Number	Percent
Minnesota	6th	76	2%
Metro	6th	60	2%
Non-Metro	6th	16	3%

Students Reporting Any Use of Prescription Pain Relievers Not Prescribed for Them by Their Doctor within the Past 12 Months	2007
	Number	Percent
Minnesota	234	5%
Metro	168	5%
Non-Metro	66	8%

Students Reporting Any Use of ADD or ADHD Drugs Not Prescribed for Them by Their Doctor within the Past 12 Months	2007
	Number	Percent
Minnesota	193	5%
Metro	140	4%
Non-Metro	53	7%

Students Reporting Any Use of Stimulants or Diet Pills Not Prescribed for Them by Their Doctor within the Past 12 Months	2007
	Number	Percent
Minnesota	177	4%
Metro	128	4%
Non-Metro	49	6%

Students Reporting Any Use of Tranquilizers or Sedatives Not Prescribed for Them by Their Doctor within the Past 12 Months	2007
	Number	Percent
Minnesota	152	4%
Metro	108	3%
Non-Metro	44	5%

Students Reporting Use of MDMA/Ecstasy within the Past 12 Months	2001		2004		2007
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Minnesota	168	7%	171	5%	213	5%
Metro	116	6%	142	5%	161	5%
Non-Metro	52	13%	29	6%	52	6%

Students Reporting Use of Crack/Cocaine within the Past 12 Months	1995		1998		2001		2004		2007
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Minnesota	86	5%	120	6%	129	5%	166	5%	199	5%
Metro	49	3%	76	4%	88	4%	131	4%	147	4%
Non-Metro	37	16%	44	15%	41	10%	35	7%	52	6%

Students Reporting Use of LSD, PCP or Other Psychedelics within the Past 12 Months	1995		1998		2001		2004		2007
	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Minnesota	117	7%	140	7%	156	6%	168	5%	210	5%
Metro	73	5%	88	5%	111	5%	138	5%	151	4%
Non-Metro	44	19%	52	18%	45	11%	30	6%	59	7%

Students Reporting Use of Heroin within the Past 12 Months	2007
Students Reporting Use of Heroin within the Past 12 Months	Number	Percent
Minnesota	136	3%
Metro	99	3%
Non-Metro	37	5%

Students Reporting they first Smoked Marijuana at Age 13 or Younger	2007
	Number	Percent
Minnesota	1,089	15%
Metro	887	15%
Non-Metro	202	15%

Average Age at Which Students Reported First Smoking Marijuana	2007
Minnesota	12
Metro	12
Non-Metro	12

Students Reporting they first Used Other Drugs at Age 13 or Younger	2007
	Number	Percent
Minnesota	417	5%
Metro	309	5%
Non-Metro	108	8%

Average Age at Which Students Reported First Trying Drugs, Other Than Marijuana	2007
Minnesota	13
Metro	13
Non-Metro	13

Adults Reporting Any Use of Marijuana in the Past 30 Days	2004/2005
Minnesota	6%
East Central	0%
Metro	6%
Non-Metro	0%
Northwest	N/R
Northeast	0%
Southeast	0%
Southwest	0%
West Central	0%

Adults Reporting Methamphetamine Use within the Past 12 Months	2004/2005
Minnesota	0%
East Central	0%
Metro	0%
Non-Metro	0%
Northwest	N/R
Northeast	0%
Southeast	0%
Southwest	0%
West Central	0%

Adults Reporting Use of Club Drugs MDMA, Ecstasy, Ketamine or GHB within the Past 12 Months	2004/2005
Minnesota	1%
East Central	0%
Metro	1%
Non-Metro	0%
Northwest	N/R
Northeast	0%
Southeast	0%
Southwest	0%
West Central	0%

Adults Reporting Use of Crack/Cocaine in the Past 12 Months	2004/2005
Minnesota	1%
East Central	0%
Metro	1%
Non-Metro	0%
Northwest	N/R
Northeast	0%
Southeast	0%
Southwest	0%
West Central	0%

Adults Reporting Any Use of Prescription Pain Relievers Not Prescribed for Them by Their Doctor within the Past 12 Months	2004/2005
Minnesota	4%
East Central	30%
Metro	4%
Non-Metro	18%
Northwest	N/R
Northeast	0%
Southeast	26%
Southwest	2%
West Central	0%

Adults Reporting Any Use of Tranquilizers or Sedatives Not Prescribed for Them by Their Doctor within the Past 12 Months	2004/2005
Minnesota	6%
East Central	57%
Metro	4%
Non-Metro	25%
Northwest	*
Northeast	0%
Southeast	29%
Southwest	0%
West Central	0%

Adults Reporting Use of Hallucinogens or Psychedelics in the Past 12 Months	2004/2005
Minnesota	0%
East Central	0%
Metro	0%
Non-Metro	0%
Northwest	N/R
Northeast	0%
Southeast	0%
Southwest	0%
West Central	0%

Adults Reporting Use of Heroin in the Past 12 Months	2004/2005
Minnesota	0%
East Central	0%
Metro	0%
Non-Metro	0%
Northwest	N/R
Northeast	0%
Southeast	0%
Southwest	0%
West Central	0%

Other Drug Consequences

Total Narcotics Arrests	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008
Minnesota	5,100	5,345	5,051	4,710	4,670	4,057	4,635	4,771	5,832	5,444	5,257

Other Drug Risk & Protective Factors

Students Reporting that they Believe People Put themselves at Great or Moderate Risk of Harm by Smoking Marijuana Once or Twice a Week	2007
	Number	Percent
Minnesota	5,314	71%
Metro	4,324	70%
Non-Metro	990	72%

Students Reporting that they Believe their Close Friends Would Disapprove or Greatly Disapprove if they Smoke Marijuana Once or Twice a Week	2007
	Number	Percent
Minnesota	5,650	75%
Metro	4,616	74%
Non-Metro	1,034	75%

Students Reporting that they Believe their Close Friends Would Disapprove or Greatly Disapprove if they Used Other Drugs Once or Twice a Week	2007
	Number	Percent
Minnesota	6,467	86%
Metro	5,306	86%
Non-Metro	1,367	82%

Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Consequences

Admissions to Minnesota Treatment Facilities	1995		1996		1997		1998		1999		2000		2001		2002		2003		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008
Admissions to Minnesota Treatment Facilities	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Minnesota	4,276	15%	4,336	15%	4,627	15%	4,551	15%	4,566	14%	5,285	14%	4,866	13%	4,775	13%	4,950	13%	4,852	12%	5,173	13%	5,303	13%	5,214	12%	5,467	11%

Admissions to Minnesota Treatment Facilities by Primary Substance		1995		1996		1997		1998		1999		2000		2001		2002		2003		2004		2005		2006		2007		2008
		Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent
Minnesota	Alcohol	1,501	35%	1,568	36%	1,606	35%	1,545	34%	1,652	36%	1,786	34%	1,680	35%	1,662	35%	1,663	34%	1,518	31%	1,603	31%	1,669	31%	1,799	35%	2,016	37%
	Marijuana	443	10%	580	13%	753	16%	785	17%	871	19%	1,052	20%	1,068	22%	1,055	22%	1,039	21%	1,046	22%	1,067	21%	1,211	23%	1,141	22%	1,211	22%
	Methamphetamines	*	*	6	0%	*	*	9	0%	6	0%	6	0%	8	0%	21	0%	37	1%	42	1%	56	1%	28	1%	33	1%	33	1%
	Crack/Cocaine	2,181	51%	1,981	46%	1,972	43%	1,899	42%	1,727	38%	1,951	37%	1,665	34%	1,639	34%	1,755	35%	1,836	38%	1,871	36%	1,844	35%	1,714	33%	1,524	28%
	Sedatives, hypnotics, and anxiolytics	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	6	0%	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	9	0%
	Opioids	139	3%	186	4%	278	6%	297	7%	297	7%	467	9%	416	9%	368	8%	436	9%	389	8%	549	11%	526	10%	508	10%	605	11%
	Hallucinogens, phencyclidine, inhalants, and all other	9	0%	9	0%	12	0%	12	0%	11	0%	18	0%	23	0%	21	0%	15	0%	14	0%	19	0%	16	0%	17	0%	29	1%
	Amphetamines (other than methamphetamines) and stimulants	*	*	*	*	0	0%	*	*	0	0%	0	0%	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	0	0%	*	*