Youth Heroin Use

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

2007201020132016
FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota9th0.8%1.5%1.1%0.6%1.2%0.9%***0.3%0.7%0.5%
Aitkin County9th1.4%0.0%0.8%0.0%1.6%0.8%***0.0%2.1%1.0%
Anoka County9th0.8%1.5%1.2%1.1%1.8%1.5%***0.4%1.0%0.7%
Becker County9th0.7%0.8%0.7%1.0%0.0%0.5%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Beltrami County9th1.0%3.6%2.3%2.0%0.0%1.0%***0.0%2.4%1.3%
Benton County9th0.5%0.0%0.3%1.1%0.6%0.8%***0.9%0.4%0.7%
Big Stone County9thN/AN/A0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%******
Blue Earth County9th0.4%0.7%0.5%0.0%1.5%0.7%***0.0%0.3%0.1%
Brown County9th0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Carlton County9th0.5%0.0%0.3%0.0%0.5%0.3%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Carver County9th0.9%1.6%1.2%1.1%0.9%1.0%***0.0%0.9%0.5%
Cass County9th1.4%0.8%1.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%***1.7%0.0%0.8%
Chippewa County9th1.0%1.1%1.0%N/AN/AN/A******
Chisago County9th1.4%4.0%2.6%1.2%1.5%1.3%******
Clay County9th1.3%1.9%1.6%0.8%0.8%0.8%***0.4%0.7%0.5%
Clearwater County9th0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Cook County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A******
Cottonwood County9th1.2%2.2%1.8%0.0%2.2%1.1%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Crow Wing County9th1.7%1.3%1.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%******
Dakota County9th0.6%1.7%1.2%0.5%1.4%0.9%***0.1%0.4%0.3%
Dodge County9th0.8%1.8%1.2%0.0%2.4%1.3%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Douglas County9th1.4%1.3%1.4%0.0%2.0%1.0%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Faribault County9th0.0%1.4%0.7%N/AN/AN/A***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Fillmore County9th1.4%1.3%1.3%0.0%0.0%0.0%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Freeborn County9th0.0%1.4%0.6%1.0%0.0%0.5%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Goodhue County9th0.9%1.9%1.4%0.0%1.0%0.5%***1.0%0.0%0.5%
Grant County9th0.0%0.0%0.0%N/AN/AN/A***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Hennepin County9th0.5%1.7%1.1%0.5%1.4%0.9%***0.2%0.8%0.5%
Houston County9th0.9%1.0%0.9%0.0%1.0%0.5%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Hubbard County9th1.5%3.4%2.6%0.0%0.0%0.0%***1.2%1.4%1.3%
Isanti County9th1.6%1.7%1.7%N/AN/AN/A***0.6%1.8%1.2%
Itasca County9th0.6%0.6%0.6%1.0%2.1%1.6%***2.0%0.0%1.0%
Jackson County9th0.0%2.1%1.0%0.0%1.9%1.1%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Kanabec County9th0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Kandiyohi County9th0.6%1.6%1.1%0.9%0.0%0.4%***0.6%0.6%0.6%
Kittson County9th0.0%0.0%0.0%5.0%0.0%2.0%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Koochiching County9thN/AN/AN/A0.0%0.0%0.0%******
Lac Qui Parle County9th0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Lake County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A******
Lake of the Woods County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A******
Le Sueur County9th2.8%2.4%2.6%0.0%3.3%1.5%***0.0%1.5%0.8%
Lincoln County9th0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%******
Lyon County9th0.6%0.7%0.7%0.0%1.7%0.8%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
McLeod County9th0.0%0.9%0.5%1.8%0.9%1.3%******
Mahnomen County9th0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Marshall County9th0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%2.0%1.0%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Martin County9th0.0%0.0%0.0%2.4%0.0%1.2%******
Meeker County9th0.0%0.5%0.2%0.0%0.5%0.3%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Mille Lacs County9th0.5%3.9%2.1%0.0%0.7%0.3%***0.0%0.6%0.3%
Morrison County9th0.5%1.2%0.8%0.0%1.6%0.9%***1.1%1.0%1.0%
Mower County9th0.0%0.5%0.3%0.6%0.6%0.6%***0.7%1.3%1.0%
Murray County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Nicollet County9th1.5%1.6%1.5%N/AN/A1.0%******
Nobles County9th0.8%1.0%0.9%0.9%3.0%1.9%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Norman County9th0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Olmsted County9th0.7%2.4%1.5%0.2%2.5%1.2%***0.0%1.1%0.5%
Otter Tail County9th1.0%1.5%1.2%0.0%0.0%0.0%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Pennington County9th0.0%0.0%0.0%N/AN/AN/A******
Pine County9th0.0%1.1%0.6%0.0%0.8%0.4%***0.0%0.8%0.4%
Pipestone County9th0.0%2.1%0.9%N/AN/AN/A******
Polk County9th0.8%1.5%1.1%0.0%0.0%0.0%***0.0%1.2%0.6%
Pope County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Ramsey County9th1.0%2.2%1.6%0.9%1.7%1.3%***0.2%0.9%0.5%
Red Lake County9th0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Redwood County9th1.4%0.0%0.7%0.0%3.0%1.4%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Renville County9th0.0%2.9%1.2%0.0%1.6%0.9%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Rice County9th0.8%0.8%0.8%1.4%0.8%1.1%***0.0%0.6%0.3%
Rock County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A******
Roseau County9th0.0%1.8%1.0%0.0%1.0%0.5%***0.0%1.0%0.6%
St. Louis County9th0.8%1.6%1.2%0.9%0.9%0.9%***0.3%0.3%0.3%
Scott County9th1.0%1.7%1.4%0.4%0.3%0.4%***0.4%0.8%0.6%
Sherburne County9th1.2%1.6%1.4%0.2%1.2%0.6%***0.6%0.9%0.7%
Sibley County9th0.0%1.4%0.7%0.0%1.7%0.8%***3.6%7.8%5.7%
Stearns County9th1.4%0.7%1.1%0.8%1.3%1.0%***0.6%1.5%1.0%
Steele County9th0.5%0.5%0.5%0.0%0.0%0.0%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Stevens County9th0.0%2.9%1.3%N/AN/A0.0%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Swift County9th0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%******
Todd County9th2.1%0.0%1.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%***0.0%1.0%0.5%
Traverse County9thN/AN/A0.0%N/AN/A0.0%******
Wabasha County9th0.0%0.7%0.3%0.7%1.4%1.0%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Wadena County9th0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%0.0%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Waseca County9th0.0%2.0%1.1%N/AN/A0.0%***0.0%1.0%0.5%
Washington County9th0.8%2.0%1.4%0.9%1.6%1.2%***0.5%1.1%0.8%
Watonwan County9th1.5%0.0%0.8%0.0%1.5%0.8%***0.0%2.9%1.5%
Wilkin County9th2.2%5.0%3.5%3.7%2.8%3.2%***0.0%0.0%0.0%
Winona County9th0.5%0.5%0.5%1.7%3.0%2.4%***0.5%1.1%0.8%
Wright County9th0.7%1.0%0.8%0.6%0.2%0.4%***0.2%1.0%0.6%
Yellow Medicine County9th1.6%1.7%1.7%0.0%0.0%0.0%***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 heroin in the past 12 months.  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 heroin use among 12th graders was higher in Minnesota than the national average (rate ratio = 1.33:1.00).  State 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.