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Percent of Students Reporting Use of Inhalants within the Past 12 Months, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

19951998200120042007201020132016
FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota9th9.0%8.0%8.5%6.4%6.7%6.5%4.9%4.9%4.9%5.6%4.7%5.2%4.2%3.3%3.7%3.5%3.0%3.2%***1.6%1.5%1.6%
Aitkin County9th6.7%13.3%10.0%9.8%22.2%14.7%10.5%4.8%7.1%8.8%9.6%9.2%7.2%0.0%3.8%7.1%4.5%5.7%***1.7%0.0%1.0%
Anoka County9th11.4%8.7%10.1%6.2%6.6%6.4%4.9%5.0%4.9%5.1%3.8%4.5%4.4%3.3%3.9%4.1%2.7%3.4%***1.5%1.4%1.4%
Becker County9th6.0%9.1%7.6%4.4%9.4%6.7%4.1%5.2%4.7%5.7%8.4%6.9%5.3%3.9%4.6%2.9%1.9%2.4%***1.6%1.6%1.6%
Beltrami County9th5.4%6.5%5.9%3.3%4.3%3.8%2.6%2.0%2.3%8.4%5.9%7.2%7.8%6.7%7.3%6.4%1.1%3.8%***5.4%0.5%2.8%
Benton County9th6.0%8.9%7.5%4.3%5.6%4.9%6.9%4.7%5.8%4.8%3.3%4.0%3.2%3.5%3.4%3.4%3.4%3.4%***2.7%1.3%2.0%
Big Stone County9th10.7%19.0%14.9%5.9%5.6%5.8%N/AN/AN/A18.2%12.2%14.3%N/AN/A7.0%3.7%0.0%1.6%******
Blue Earth County9th9.4%7.3%8.3%5.3%5.9%5.6%4.3%2.3%3.3%6.8%5.1%6.0%2.1%2.6%2.3%2.8%3.4%3.1%***0.9%1.5%1.2%
Brown County9th12.0%17.2%14.6%3.5%6.1%4.7%7.2%6.8%7.0%5.0%4.9%5.0%4.4%2.2%3.3%4.4%2.1%3.3%***2.8%4.9%3.9%
Carlton County9th12.4%9.0%10.9%10.6%10.0%10.3%9.9%5.7%7.8%7.3%6.0%6.7%5.7%5.5%5.6%7.5%2.2%4.8%***2.3%2.6%2.5%
Carver County9th8.9%7.9%8.4%2.3%5.0%3.6%7.2%4.5%5.9%5.2%4.0%4.6%3.4%3.6%3.5%2.7%4.4%3.6%***0.9%0.5%0.7%
Cass County9th15.1%4.9%10.4%12.8%11.4%12.1%10.8%10.2%10.5%10.0%5.1%7.7%9.2%3.2%6.3%4.1%2.2%3.2%***5.8%2.4%4.1%
Chippewa County9th2.7%8.9%6.1%5.7%0.0%2.9%6.8%4.3%5.4%N/AN/AN/A4.7%2.2%3.6%N/AN/AN/A******
Chisago County9th11.0%7.9%9.5%10.5%4.6%7.4%5.2%2.8%4.0%N/AN/AN/A5.0%4.0%4.5%3.1%3.5%3.3%******
Clay County9th9.8%8.6%9.2%10.9%5.7%8.4%7.2%4.5%5.8%5.9%5.0%5.5%6.3%3.9%5.1%4.3%3.3%3.8%***2.3%1.3%1.8%
Clearwater County9th8.2%6.3%7.4%2.0%10.4%6.8%1.6%10.4%5.4%N/AN/AN/A2.9%8.3%5.7%1.9%0.0%1.0%***4.8%0.0%1.9%
Cook County9th5.0%6.3%5.6%6.7%11.1%8.3%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A******
Cottonwood County9th6.3%5.2%5.8%9.0%1.4%5.0%7.1%0.0%4.1%1.2%4.0%2.6%2.5%3.4%3.0%2.1%2.2%2.1%***2.2%2.1%2.2%
Crow Wing County9th17.5%9.5%13.7%12.4%13.3%12.8%9.8%8.1%9.0%9.6%5.6%7.6%5.0%1.7%3.4%1.1%4.2%2.5%******
Dakota County9th9.3%7.7%8.5%6.0%6.0%6.0%4.0%3.9%4.0%5.8%4.6%5.2%4.3%3.6%4.0%3.4%3.1%3.3%***1.2%1.3%1.2%
Dodge County9th7.1%6.9%7.0%8.5%2.8%5.6%5.8%5.8%5.8%10.2%5.5%8.0%6.0%3.6%4.9%3.5%3.9%3.8%***0.8%1.8%1.3%
Douglas County9th14.1%9.4%11.9%8.6%10.7%9.6%5.9%3.4%4.8%6.7%2.9%4.7%4.3%1.3%2.8%3.8%4.6%4.2%***1.3%0.0%0.7%
Faribault County9th12.6%15.7%14.3%13.0%8.5%10.8%4.5%3.5%4.0%9.6%3.6%6.6%5.1%1.4%3.3%N/AN/AN/A***0.0%1.7%1.0%
Fillmore County9th9.7%6.0%7.8%14.6%10.7%12.7%4.4%4.9%4.7%4.5%2.7%3.5%4.1%3.9%4.0%10.2%1.7%6.0%***4.2%0.0%2.2%
Freeborn County9th6.3%3.0%4.6%3.5%9.5%6.3%5.0%2.5%3.8%8.3%4.6%6.5%2.9%2.8%2.8%7.9%1.0%4.5%***0.0%2.0%1.0%
Goodhue County9th8.7%6.9%7.8%4.2%5.8%5.0%4.2%7.1%5.6%4.4%5.4%4.8%2.2%2.3%2.3%2.8%1.0%1.9%***1.0%0.9%0.9%
Grant County9th3.5%11.7%7.7%9.1%0.0%4.7%3.7%11.6%7.2%2.9%0.0%1.4%3.0%6.5%4.7%N/AN/AN/A***6.3%0.0%3.0%
Hennepin County9th8.5%7.4%8.0%3.9%4.6%4.2%3.6%4.2%3.9%4.4%4.2%4.3%3.2%3.3%3.2%2.3%2.9%2.6%***1.1%1.2%1.2%
Houston County9th6.0%15.6%11.2%10.7%13.4%11.9%6.0%1.6%4.0%11.9%4.3%8.5%3.4%4.1%3.8%2.0%1.0%1.4%***0.0%2.8%1.6%
Hubbard County9th12.2%7.3%9.9%14.9%17.0%15.9%1.5%8.2%5.0%12.8%5.3%9.0%1.5%3.4%2.6%7.1%3.8%5.4%***4.6%2.8%3.8%
Isanti County9th8.0%4.8%6.4%5.8%6.2%6.0%5.3%6.4%5.9%10.5%5.1%7.8%8.2%4.5%6.4%N/AN/AN/A***1.7%3.6%2.6%
Itasca County9th12.7%12.0%12.3%8.6%10.0%9.2%5.0%7.9%6.5%4.3%4.2%4.3%8.3%2.5%5.4%10.8%7.2%9.0%***6.0%1.7%3.9%
Jackson County9th0.0%6.9%3.2%6.3%3.2%4.8%7.0%1.5%4.3%0.0%1.7%0.8%4.2%10.4%7.3%0.0%1.9%1.1%***2.3%0.0%1.2%
Kanabec County9th7.4%9.3%8.4%12.6%4.2%8.5%2.3%5.5%3.8%N/AN/AN/A5.2%0.0%2.5%1.6%4.1%2.9%***1.4%3.8%2.7%
Kandiyohi County9th11.0%10.8%10.9%2.9%4.3%3.7%3.2%3.6%3.4%5.7%3.5%4.5%6.1%3.7%4.9%3.5%1.5%2.4%***0.6%3.4%2.1%
Kittson County9th3.9%4.5%4.2%16.0%3.6%9.4%0.0%5.1%2.5%3.4%9.1%5.9%0.0%3.3%2.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%***0.0%6.3%2.9%
Koochiching County9th1.6%3.4%2.5%17.2%6.1%11.8%7.7%5.3%6.4%6.2%0.0%3.3%N/AN/AN/A2.3%4.0%3.2%******
Lac Qui Parle County9th3.5%5.8%4.6%8.6%3.9%6.2%0.0%5.1%2.4%3.0%10.9%6.9%1.8%4.1%2.9%0.0%0.0%0.0%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Lake County9th9.8%18.0%13.9%9.4%10.4%10.0%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A******
Lake of the Woods County9th12.9%6.7%9.8%27.3%11.5%18.8%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A******
Le Sueur County9th13.3%13.5%13.4%4.6%10.1%7.4%1.8%6.4%3.8%2.8%5.3%4.0%6.9%4.1%5.6%2.6%4.3%3.4%***0.8%2.3%1.6%
Lincoln County9th1.6%0.0%0.8%0.0%9.8%4.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.6%2.3%2.5%0.0%4.8%2.5%3.1%0.0%1.9%******
Lyon County9th10.0%9.9%10.0%1.7%8.5%5.2%5.8%11.3%8.4%8.2%5.4%6.7%2.9%1.5%2.3%1.7%4.2%2.9%***0.0%2.9%1.5%
McLeod County9th12.6%6.8%9.9%6.2%3.9%5.1%4.6%5.2%4.9%5.1%5.6%5.4%6.7%3.1%4.7%5.5%4.3%4.9%******
Mahnomen County9th10.3%12.5%11.1%N/AN/AN/A12.9%2.9%7.7%N/AN/A7.0%2.6%0.0%1.4%4.0%4.5%4.3%***3.2%2.9%3.0%
Marshall County9th2.6%10.7%7.4%7.0%9.1%8.1%0.0%15.4%8.8%0.0%1.8%1.1%2.3%0.0%1.2%1.9%5.9%3.8%***0.0%3.2%1.4%
Martin County9th5.5%2.3%3.9%11.6%7.1%9.3%2.3%6.4%4.1%4.0%8.4%6.0%5.3%2.6%3.9%4.9%4.5%4.7%******
Meeker County9th8.6%7.1%7.9%3.2%10.2%6.1%6.9%3.4%5.2%7.1%1.7%4.4%1.9%1.0%1.5%1.7%2.2%1.9%***1.0%0.9%0.9%
Mille Lacs County9th3.7%11.3%7.4%9.8%12.1%11.0%3.9%4.1%4.0%9.1%5.5%7.5%5.2%4.4%4.8%4.2%6.7%5.3%***1.1%1.9%1.5%
Morrison County9th9.2%9.1%9.2%9.0%13.4%11.2%6.9%6.2%6.6%4.6%12.2%8.5%5.6%3.0%4.4%3.2%1.1%2.1%***2.7%3.0%2.9%
Mower County9th5.0%0.0%2.2%7.0%8.8%7.9%4.6%6.4%5.5%6.3%4.5%5.5%5.9%2.2%4.0%4.5%2.5%3.6%***0.7%2.5%1.6%
Murray County9th12.1%12.0%12.1%12.5%16.3%14.3%15.7%12.7%14.4%4.4%17.0%10.9%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A***0.0%2.4%1.3%
Nicollet County9th5.0%16.5%10.9%8.7%6.9%7.8%4.1%11.4%7.7%2.5%8.2%4.9%7.5%3.0%5.3%N/AN/A1.0%******
Nobles County9th2.5%2.4%2.5%12.6%14.4%13.5%1.7%7.1%4.3%3.8%1.8%2.8%2.5%2.9%2.7%0.9%2.9%1.9%***0.0%1.0%0.6%
Norman County9th5.6%6.9%6.2%2.0%5.6%3.9%2.1%5.1%3.5%2.4%6.7%4.7%3.0%0.0%1.4%6.7%2.3%4.1%***3.2%0.0%1.6%
Olmsted County9th9.7%9.8%9.7%5.5%7.0%6.2%3.7%3.1%3.4%6.8%4.3%5.6%4.3%3.9%4.1%1.5%3.9%2.5%***0.4%0.7%0.5%
Otter Tail County9th9.5%9.9%9.7%11.0%8.3%9.6%6.4%3.1%4.8%3.7%6.4%5.1%2.8%3.3%3.0%3.7%2.9%3.3%***1.8%0.4%1.1%
Pennington County9th5.8%8.5%7.3%12.2%5.9%9.2%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A2.2%0.0%1.3%N/AN/A8.0%******
Pine County9th9.3%6.2%7.9%5.0%4.8%4.9%9.8%6.6%8.2%7.7%8.9%8.3%1.2%2.3%1.7%2.6%0.8%1.7%***3.3%1.6%2.4%
Pipestone County9th9.1%9.1%9.1%7.9%7.3%7.6%11.5%5.3%8.5%4.3%0.0%2.2%1.6%4.2%2.7%N/AN/AN/A******
Polk County9th8.5%7.7%8.1%4.7%3.3%4.0%4.9%3.3%4.1%7.2%7.0%7.1%5.3%3.0%4.2%3.0%0.7%1.9%***2.0%1.7%1.9%
Pope County9th11.7%15.1%13.3%0.0%12.8%5.8%N/AN/A6.0%N/AN/A9.0%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Ramsey County9th7.0%5.9%6.5%6.4%5.8%6.1%3.9%4.2%4.0%5.6%4.0%4.9%3.2%3.3%3.2%2.7%3.4%3.1%***1.8%1.6%1.7%
Red Lake County9th11.8%12.5%12.1%7.0%4.8%5.9%0.0%9.1%5.0%4.2%0.0%2.0%4.5%3.6%4.0%8.3%0.0%4.8%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Redwood County9th11.4%4.8%8.5%3.4%3.9%3.7%2.7%2.6%2.6%4.1%4.5%4.3%2.8%1.3%2.0%6.4%4.5%5.6%***1.5%3.2%2.4%
Renville County9th7.2%2.6%4.7%3.8%4.2%4.0%8.0%3.7%5.9%7.4%7.0%7.2%2.0%8.3%4.7%6.1%0.0%2.7%***1.9%0.0%1.1%
Rice County9th8.5%7.5%8.0%9.2%7.3%8.3%4.9%2.8%3.9%3.2%2.8%3.0%2.1%2.7%2.4%5.4%1.6%3.4%***0.5%0.0%0.3%
Rock County9th4.3%13.5%8.3%12.2%15.6%14.2%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A******
Roseau County9th17.9%11.4%14.8%9.2%7.8%8.5%8.5%4.1%6.2%9.6%6.5%8.2%8.7%4.5%6.4%3.8%1.9%2.9%***1.2%2.1%1.7%
St. Louis County9th12.1%9.6%10.9%10.7%8.4%9.5%6.0%5.9%5.9%6.0%4.4%5.2%4.5%4.2%4.3%5.9%3.1%4.6%***1.6%1.1%1.4%
Scott County9th6.6%8.0%7.2%6.5%4.9%5.8%4.5%6.9%5.7%5.0%4.6%4.8%3.5%3.0%3.3%3.6%1.7%2.7%***1.9%2.3%2.1%
Sherburne County9th10.6%10.4%10.5%7.3%4.5%5.7%7.6%4.8%6.2%5.0%4.2%4.6%4.6%3.1%3.9%4.0%1.7%3.0%***1.5%1.3%1.4%
Sibley County9th10.0%6.4%8.2%2.1%9.9%5.9%5.0%5.5%5.2%9.2%5.6%7.1%9.3%1.4%5.4%3.4%3.3%3.4%***0.0%4.3%2.0%
Stearns County9th6.6%6.4%6.5%3.5%6.5%5.0%4.3%4.3%4.3%4.6%4.7%4.6%5.0%2.4%3.7%4.9%3.0%4.0%***1.0%2.4%1.7%
Steele County9th10.2%6.9%8.8%7.6%6.2%7.0%2.3%3.2%2.7%3.0%4.3%3.6%2.9%2.1%2.5%1.2%2.5%1.8%***0.0%1.0%0.5%
Stevens County9th12.1%9.3%10.7%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A0.0%9.8%4.8%2.3%2.9%2.6%N/AN/A2.0%***5.9%0.0%2.6%
Swift County9th7.7%6.9%7.3%5.3%1.9%3.7%9.8%12.0%10.9%N/AN/AN/A0.0%0.0%0.0%7.9%11.6%9.9%******
Todd County9th5.2%5.6%5.4%9.5%7.1%8.3%9.3%8.8%9.1%8.1%2.1%5.2%7.0%3.4%5.2%2.9%2.0%2.5%***4.6%2.0%3.2%
Traverse County9thN/AN/AN/A0.0%10.5%5.6%N/AN/A5.0%N/AN/A0.0%N/AN/A0.0%N/AN/A8.0%******
Wabasha County9th7.4%2.1%4.5%4.2%6.4%5.3%8.0%8.0%8.0%5.6%3.9%4.8%4.7%2.0%3.3%5.4%3.6%4.5%***2.4%2.1%2.3%
Wadena County9th2.9%5.2%4.0%7.9%8.5%8.1%3.3%5.4%4.5%6.2%9.0%7.6%4.5%2.6%3.7%1.4%1.8%1.5%***5.3%0.0%2.9%
Waseca County9th0.6%7.6%4.2%7.9%6.0%7.1%8.9%2.8%5.6%1.7%3.6%2.7%3.4%6.0%4.8%N/AN/A2.0%***1.0%1.9%1.5%
Washington County9th10.5%9.7%10.1%5.6%6.2%5.9%4.5%6.2%5.3%5.8%5.6%5.7%4.2%3.2%3.7%3.5%3.4%3.4%***1.9%1.5%1.7%
Watonwan County9th14.3%15.7%14.9%8.1%6.2%7.3%9.8%11.3%10.4%1.4%5.9%3.7%7.4%1.9%5.0%3.2%0.0%1.6%***4.4%2.9%3.6%
Wilkin County9th4.6%3.7%4.2%12.7%22.4%17.3%0.0%8.3%3.2%9.3%3.7%6.5%6.5%2.5%4.7%3.7%11.1%7.9%***10.5%2.1%5.8%
Winona County9th8.2%12.4%10.3%2.0%4.6%3.3%2.3%7.2%4.8%4.5%7.7%6.1%7.4%5.3%6.3%2.3%6.6%4.4%***1.6%1.6%1.6%
Wright County9th9.6%4.7%7.2%6.1%7.4%6.8%5.3%4.0%4.7%7.0%5.4%6.3%3.5%3.4%3.5%3.3%2.2%2.7%***1.3%2.8%2.1%
Yellow Medicine County9th4.0%10.1%7.3%1.7%10.0%5.0%6.8%12.6%10.3%13.8%6.3%10.2%3.2%3.4%3.3%3.5%0.0%1.8%***0.0%0.0%0.0%

About the Indicator: Other drug consumption by youth is measured here as the number of students reporting any use of inhalants in the past 12 months.  Students were asked whether they sniffed glue, breathed the contents of aerosol spray cans, or inhaled any other gases or sprays in order to get high.  N/A or * indicates that the data are unavailable or were not collected. As a result of discrepancies in illicit drug use responses, 2013 drug use data are not reliable and are not included here.

In 2010, reported past 12 month use of inhalants among 12th graders was lower in Minnesota than the national average (rate ratio = 0.67:1.00).  The state's rates are from the Minnesota Student Survey; national rates are from Monitoring the Future (MTF).  For more national comparisons, click here State Epi Profile.

Data Source: Minnesota Student Survey (MSS)

Description: The MSS is a confidential and anonymous self-administered survey given to students attending Minnesota public, charter and tribal schools. From 1995 to 2010, the survey was administered to students in 6th, 9th, and 12th grades. New in 2013, the survey was administered to students in 5th, 8th, 9th, and 11th grades. Trend data are now only available for 9th graders, and only for survey questions that did not change. Most schools elect to participate in the survey; in 2013, this included 84% of public schools in Minnesota.

Although the data are not presented here, the survey is also administered to area learning centers, juvenile correction facilities and private schools electing to participate.

Sponsored by: Minnesota Department of Education

Geographic Level: State, Region, and County

Aggregated data at the state and county level do not reveal disparities that may exist within a given geographic area.

Frequency: Data collected and reported every three years

Characteristics: The results of the MSS are also available at a county level. Data Privacy requirements mandate that data is presented in a manner such that no individual student can be identified through the presentation of the results. As part of the Data Privacy practices, the results are also presented in a manner that no individual school district could be identified through the results. Therefore, for counties that have only one school district, the results are not presented. Results are also withheld for counties in which the minimum number for student participation was not met.

The MSS is a “census” of schools, not a sample. The school districts get their own data. Fifth-graders were not asked all substance use questions. Some school districts do not participate, and student participation within the school district can vary widely. These data are self-reported.