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

20072010
MaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotal
Minnesota9th2%1%1%1%1%1%
12th2%1%1%2%1%1%
All Grades2%1%1%2%1%1%
Aitkin County9th0%1%1%2%0%1%
12th2%2%2%2%0%1%
All Grades1%2%1%2%0%
Anoka County9th2%1%1%2%1%1%
12th3%1%2%3%1%2%
All Grades2%1%2%1%2%1%
Becker County9th1%1%1%0%1%0%
12th2%0%1%1%0%1%
All Grades1%0%1%2%1%0%
Beltrami County9th4%1%2%0%2%1%
12th2%1%1%3%0%1%
All Grades3%1%2%1%1%1%
Benton County9th0%1%0%1%1%1%
12th1%1%1%0%0%0%
All Grades1%1%1%1%0%1%
Big Stone County9thN/AN/A0%0%0%0%
12thN/AN/A0%6%0%3%
All GradesN/AN/AN/A0%3%0%
Blue Earth County9th1%0%1%2%0%1%
12th1%0%0%1%0%0%
All Grades1%0%0%2%1%0%
Brown County9th0%0%0%0%0%0%
12th0%0%0%0%0%0%
All Grades0%0%0%1%0%0%
Carlton County9th0%1%0%1%0%0%
12th3%1%2%0%0%0%
All Grades1%1%1%0%0%0%
Carver County9th2%1%1%1%1%1%
12th2%0%1%1%0%1%
All Grades2%1%1%0%1%1%
Cass County9th1%1%1%0%0%0%
12th3%0%1%2%3%3%
All Grades2%1%1%1%1%2%
Chippewa County9th1%1%1%N/AN/AN/A
12th8%1%4%N/AN/AN/A
All Grades4%1%2%1%N/AN/A
Chisago County9th4%1%3%2%1%1%
12th2%1%2%2%0%1%
All Grades3%1%2%2%1%1%
Clay County9th2%1%2%1%1%1%
12th3%1%2%2%2%2%
All Grades2%1%2%1%1%1%
Clearwater County9th0%0%0%0%0%0%
12th0%0%0%3%4%4%
All Grades0%0%0%1%1%1%
Cook County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Cottonwood County9th2%1%2%2%0%1%
12th2%0%1%4%0%2%
All Grades2%1%1%3%0%2%
Crow Wing County9th1%2%1%0%0%0%
12th2%1%1%4%0%2%
All Grades2%1%1%3%0%1%
Dakota County9th2%1%1%1%1%1%
12th2%1%1%2%0%1%
All Grades2%1%1%2%0%1%
Dodge County9th2%1%1%2%0%1%
12th2%1%1%10%3%6%
All Grades2%1%1%5%2%3%
Douglas County9th1%1%1%2%0%1%
12th0%0%0%3%0%2%
All Grades1%1%1%3%0%1%
Faribault County9th1%0%1%N/AN/AN/A
12th0%0%0%N/AN/AN/A
All Grades1%0%0%N/AN/AN/A
Fillmore County9th1%1%1%0%0%0%
12th0%2%1%5%0%2%
All Grades1%2%1%2%0%1%
Freeborn County9th1%0%1%0%1%1%
12th2%1%2%0%0%0%
All Grades2%0%1%0%1%0%
Goodhue County9th2%1%1%1%0%0%
12th2%0%1%1%0%0%
All Grades2%1%1%1%0%0%
Grant County9th0%0%0%N/AN/AN/A
12th4%0%2%N/AN/AN/A
All Grades2%0%1%N/AN/AN/A
Hennepin County9th2%1%1%1%1%1%
12th2%1%2%2%1%2%
All Grades2%1%1%2%1%1%
Houston County9th1%1%1%1%0%0%
12th0%0%0%1%1%1%
All Grades1%1%1%1%1%1%
Hubbard County9th3%2%3%0%0%0%
12th1%0%1%4%0%2%
All Grades2%1%2%1%0%1%
Isanti County9th2%2%2%N/AN/AN/A
12th2%0%1%N/AN/AN/A
All Grades2%1%1%N/AN/AN/A
Itasca County9th1%1%1%2%1%2%
12th4%1%2%1%0%1%
All Grades2%1%1%2%1%1%
Jackson County9th2%0%1%2%0%1%
12th0%0%0%4%2%3%
All Grades1%0%1%3%1%2%
Kanabec County9th0%0%0%0%0%0%
12th1%0%1%3%2%2%
All Grades1%0%0%1%1%1%
Kandiyohi County9th2%1%1%0%1%0%
12th2%0%1%2%0%1%
All Grades2%0%1%1%0%1%
Kittson County9th0%0%0%0%5%2%
12th0%0%0%5%0%3%
All Grades0%0%0%2%3%2%
Koochiching County9thN/AN/AN/A0%0%0%
12thN/AN/AN/A0%0%0%
All GradesN/AN/AN/A0%0%0%
Lac Qui Parle County9th0%0%0%0%0%0%
12th2%0%1%0%0%0%
All Grades1%0%0%0%0%0%
Lake County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Lake of the Woods County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Le Sueur County9th2%3%3%3%0%1%
12th2%0%1%1%0%1%
All Grades2%2%2%2%0%1%
Lincoln County9th0%0%0%0%0%0%
12th6%0%3%0%0%0%
All Grades3%0%1%0%0%0%
Lyon County9th1%1%1%2%0%1%
12th0%0%0%0%1%0%
All Grades0%0%0%1%0%1%
McLeod County9th1%0%0%1%2%1%
12th2%2%2%2%0%1%
All Grades1%1%1%1%1%1%
Mahnomen County9th0%0%0%0%0%0%
12th0%0%0%0%0%0%
All Grades0%0%0%0%0%0%
Marshall County9th0%0%0%2%0%1%
12th2%0%1%5%0%3%
All Grades1%0%1%3%0%2%
Martin County9th0%0%0%0%2%1%
12th3%0%1%0%1%1%
All Grades1%0%1%0%2%1%
Meeker County9th1%0%0%1%0%0%
12th0%0%0%0%2%1%
All Grades0%0%0%0%1%1%
Mille Lacs County9th4%0%2%1%0%0%
12th3%2%2%2%1%2%
All Grades3%1%2%1%1%1%
Morrison County9th1%1%1%2%0%1%
12th1%1%1%0%0%0%
All Grades1%1%1%1%0%0%
Mower County9th1%0%0%1%1%1%
12th4%2%3%3%0%2%
All Grades2%1%1%2%0%1%
Murray County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Nicollet County9th2%1%2%N/AN/A1%
12th4%2%3%N/AN/A3%
All Grades3%2%2%N/AN/AN/A
Nobles County9th1%1%1%3%1%2%
12th4%0%2%0%0%0%
All Grades2%0%1%2%1%1%
Norman County9th0%0%0%0%0%0%
12th3%0%1%2%0%1%
All Grades1%0%1%1%0%1%
Olmsted County9th2%1%1%3%0%1%
12th4%1%2%2%2%2%
All Grades3%1%2%2%1%1%
Otter Tail County9th1%1%1%0%0%0%
12th2%1%1%2%0%1%
All Grades2%1%1%1%0%0%
Pennington County9th0%0%0%N/AN/AN/A
12th0%0%0%N/AN/AN/A
All Grades0%0%0%N/AN/AN/A
Pine County9th1%0%1%1%0%0%
12th2%0%1%1%0%1%
All Grades1%0%1%1%0%0%
Pipestone County9th2%0%1%N/AN/AN/A
12th0%0%0%N/AN/AN/A
All Grades1%0%0%N/AN/AN/A
Polk County9th1%1%1%0%0%0%
12th2%0%1%3%0%1%
All Grades2%0%1%1%0%1%
Pope County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Ramsey County9th2%1%2%2%1%1%
12th2%1%1%3%0%2%
All Grades2%1%2%2%1%1%
Red Lake County9th0%0%0%0%0%0%
12th0%5%2%0%0%0%
All Grades0%2%1%0%0%0%
Redwood County9th0%1%1%3%0%1%
12th5%2%4%2%0%1%
All Grades2%2%2%3%0%1%
Renville County9th3%0%1%2%0%1%
12th0%0%0%2%0%1%
All Grades1%0%0%2%0%1%
Rice County9th1%1%1%1%1%1%
12th2%1%1%2%1%2%
All Grades1%1%1%1%1%1%
Rock County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Roseau County9th2%0%1%1%0%0%
12th3%0%1%1%0%1%
All Grades2%0%1%1%0%0%
St. Louis County9th2%1%1%1%1%1%
12th1%1%1%1%1%1%
All Grades1%1%1%1%1%1%
Scott County9th2%1%1%0%0%0%
12th2%0%1%2%0%1%
All Grades2%1%1%1%0%1%
Sherburne County9th2%1%1%1%0%1%
12th3%0%2%4%1%2%
All Grades2%1%1%2%0%1%
Sibley County9th1%0%1%2%0%1%
12th1%0%1%2%2%2%
All Grades1%0%1%2%1%1%
Stearns County9th1%1%1%1%1%1%
12th2%0%1%2%0%1%
All Grades1%1%1%1%1%1%
Steele County9th1%0%1%0%0%0%
12th1%1%1%0%0%0%
All Grades1%1%1%0%0%0%
Stevens County9th3%0%1%N/AN/A0%
12th0%0%0%N/AN/A0%
All Grades2%0%1%N/AN/AN/A
Swift County9th0%0%0%0%0%0%
12th0%0%0%2%0%1%
All Grades0%0%0%1%0%1%
Todd County9th0%2%1%0%0%0%
12th2%0%1%2%0%1%
All Grades1%1%1%1%0%0%
Traverse County9thN/AN/A0%N/AN/A0%
12thN/AN/A0%N/AN/A0%
All GradesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Wabasha County9th1%0%0%1%1%1%
12th6%1%4%1%0%0%
All Grades3%1%2%1%0%1%
Wadena County9th0%0%0%0%0%0%
12th1%1%1%2%0%1%
All Grades1%1%1%1%0%0%
Waseca County9th2%0%1%N/AN/A0%
12th0%0%0%N/AN/A2%
All Grades1%0%1%N/AN/AN/A
Washington County9th2%1%1%2%1%1%
12th2%0%1%1%0%1%
All Grades2%1%1%1%1%1%
Watonwan County9th0%1%1%2%0%1%
12th4%0%2%0%2%1%
All Grades2%1%1%1%1%1%
Wilkin County9th5%2%3%3%4%3%
12th0%0%0%0%0%0%
All Grades2%1%2%2%2%2%
Winona County9th1%1%1%3%2%2%
12th3%1%2%1%1%1%
All Grades1%1%1%2%1%2%
Wright County9th1%1%1%0%1%0%
12th2%0%1%0%0%0%
All Grades1%0%1%0%0%0%
Yellow Medicine County9th2%2%2%0%0%0%
12th2%0%1%2%0%1%
All Grades2%1%1%1%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.

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.