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Percent of Youth Reporting High Distress Levels for Internalizing Disorders, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

2013
FemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota8th33.5%16.9%25.3%
9th37.0%18.9%28.1%
11th35.9%20.4%28.2%
All Grades35.4%18.7%27.2%
Aitkin County8th21.3%13.5%17.0%
9th40.3%18.3%29.9%
11th35.1%22.9%29.5%
All Grades32.4%17.6%25.1%
Anoka County8th38.6%19.2%28.9%
9th36.7%20.6%29.2%
11th41.2%22.4%32.2%
All Grades38.5%20.4%29.8%
Becker County8th32.1%11.8%21.8%
9th34.2%17.4%24.8%
11th31.7%13.5%22.3%
All Grades32.7%14.6%23.1%
Beltrami County8th39.4%18.2%28.7%
9th45.3%20.8%32.8%
11th36.4%21.0%29.0%
All Grades40.6%19.9%30.2%
Benton County8th41.6%29.7%36.3%
9th32.6%22.5%27.4%
11th26.5%26.0%26.3%
All Grades33.8%25.7%29.9%
Big Stone County8th31.0%8.3%20.8%
9th43.3%9.1%25.4%
11th15.2%9.3%11.8%
All Grades29.3%9.0%18.8%
Blue Earth County8th29.6%13.7%21.6%
9th40.1%20.6%30.1%
11th33.8%18.1%26.7%
All Grades34.4%17.4%26.0%
Brown County8th41.7%15.2%28.2%
9th38.4%19.4%28.9%
11th34.4%25.0%29.6%
All Grades38.3%19.7%28.9%
Carlton County8th34.8%20.9%28.1%
9th38.0%24.0%31.3%
11th45.8%21.0%33.2%
All Grades39.2%22.0%30.8%
Carver County8th35.8%10.9%23.5%
9th34.5%19.7%27.6%
11th37.9%21.1%29.6%
All Grades36.0%17.2%26.9%
Cass County8th47.7%15.0%30.3%
9th41.1%16.8%28.6%
11th36.8%26.5%31.6%
All Grades42.3%18.6%30.1%
Chippewa County8thN/AN/AN/A
9thN/AN/AN/A
11thN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/A
Chisago County8th32.4%15.2%24.5%
9th36.5%19.0%27.5%
11th35.1%16.7%26.3%
All Grades34.6%17.0%26.1%
Clay County8th28.8%14.1%21.4%
9th35.1%15.7%25.6%
11th37.6%15.3%27.1%
All Grades33.6%15.0%24.5%
Clearwater County8th32.7%20.5%27.3%
9th29.7%22.2%25.3%
11th31.3%28.6%30.0%
All Grades31.4%23.1%27.2%
Cook County8th22.2%16.7%20.0%
9th40.9%14.3%27.9%
11th20.0%0.0%7.7%
All Grades30.0%10.2%20.2%
Cottonwood County8th33.3%7.1%18.4%
9th38.1%19.6%28.0%
11th14.3%12.7%13.3%
All Grades29.4%13.0%19.9%
Crow Wing County8th32.7%13.8%24.1%
9th34.5%19.5%27.4%
11th25.4%20.0%22.6%
All Grades31.5%17.5%24.8%
Dakota County8th34.3%16.0%25.1%
9th36.4%17.4%27.0%
11th39.0%20.6%29.8%
All Grades36.5%17.9%27.2%
Dodge County8th32.2%18.1%25.9%
9th31.9%20.6%26.4%
11th37.9%28.0%33.2%
All Grades33.6%21.8%28.1%
Douglas County8th24.8%20.4%22.7%
9th43.2%20.5%31.2%
11th36.9%15.4%27.5%
All Grades34.5%18.9%27.0%
Faribault County8th30.6%12.9%20.7%
9th47.1%20.9%34.1%
11th34.7%26.6%30.1%
All Grades38.6%20.2%28.7%
Fillmore County8th29.3%20.6%25.2%
9th21.8%16.1%18.9%
11th26.1%9.5%16.5%
All Grades26.1%15.5%20.7%
Freeborn County8th40.6%14.5%27.8%
9th42.7%16.2%31.6%
11th35.9%32.5%34.0%
All Grades40.3%21.6%31.3%
Goodhue County8th26.9%11.3%19.9%
9th29.7%19.2%24.4%
11th22.9%17.2%19.8%
All Grades26.4%15.6%21.1%
Grant County8th48.0%13.5%27.4%
9th42.9%18.5%32.3%
11th32.3%12.0%23.2%
All Grades40.7%14.6%27.8%
Hennepin County8th30.7%15.5%23.2%
9th36.3%18.3%27.5%
11th33.7%21.0%27.4%
All Grades33.5%18.1%25.9%
Houston County8th29.1%24.7%26.9%
9th34.4%26.1%30.4%
11th36.7%16.7%25.7%
All Grades33.6%21.8%27.6%
Hubbard County8th28.6%15.9%23.4%
9th49.3%22.2%37.8%
11th47.7%20.8%33.6%
All Grades40.6%19.6%31.1%
Isanti County8th44.5%22.6%33.9%
9th41.2%24.4%32.7%
11th35.8%16.5%27.2%
All Grades41.4%22.0%32.1%
Itasca County8th25.6%21.4%23.5%
9th40.3%20.8%30.5%
11th40.1%24.6%33.2%
All Grades35.0%21.9%28.6%
Jackson County8th22.2%9.8%16.8%
9th29.5%20.7%24.5%
11th22.2%13.0%17.6%
All Grades24.3%15.0%19.7%
Kanabec County8th39.5%26.3%32.9%
9th28.6%18.6%24.0%
11th46.9%27.7%36.0%
All Grades37.5%24.5%30.9%
Kandiyohi County8th29.5%13.8%21.1%
9th23.9%17.8%20.9%
11th29.8%16.3%22.1%
All Grades27.5%16.0%21.3%
Kittson County8th21.7%14.3%18.2%
9th50.0%7.7%29.6%
11th57.9%28.6%42.5%
All Grades42.9%16.2%29.7%
Koochiching County8th44.2%22.9%34.6%
9th38.7%18.2%28.1%
11th54.5%25.9%38.8%
All Grades44.8%22.1%33.5%
Lac Qui Parle County8th28.9%11.4%20.5%
9th37.8%23.9%30.1%
11th28.6%18.5%24.2%
All Grades31.8%18.5%25.2%
Lake County8th38.9%19.4%29.2%
9th43.8%28.6%39.1%
11th47.6%25.6%33.3%
All Grades43.0%24.3%34.4%
Lake of the Woods County8th30.0%35.7%33.3%
9th44.4%22.2%33.3%
11th29.4%33.3%31.0%
All Grades33.3%31.4%32.4%
Le Sueur County8th32.5%9.9%23.1%
9th34.4%22.5%28.5%
11th29.0%17.9%22.9%
All Grades32.2%17.6%25.1%
Lincoln County8th47.8%8.3%34.3%
9th33.3%16.7%23.1%
11th52.2%20.0%37.2%
All Grades45.9%16.1%31.6%
Lyon County8th43.1%15.8%26.9%
9th33.6%19.7%26.5%
11th26.3%16.5%21.5%
All Grades33.3%17.5%25.0%
McLeod County8th47.1%22.2%38.5%
9th10.0%11.1%10.5%
11th58.3%7.7%32.0%
All Grades41.0%12.9%28.6%
Mahnomen County8th41.9%11.5%28.1%
9th32.3%20.0%25.4%
11th58.3%13.6%37.0%
All Grades43.0%15.9%29.3%
Marshall County8th44.4%5.3%24.3%
9th33.3%19.0%27.1%
11th34.9%11.8%22.3%
All Grades36.8%12.2%24.6%
Martin County8th32.1%19.4%26.7%
9th44.8%28.1%36.1%
11th35.4%28.4%32.0%
All Grades38.1%26.0%32.2%
Meeker County8th31.1%25.6%28.3%
9th34.0%15.4%24.0%
11th20.0%21.7%20.9%
All Grades29.8%20.9%25.1%
Mille Lacs County8th36.2%15.5%25.6%
9th41.8%14.5%28.2%
11th43.2%19.4%31.4%
All Grades40.3%16.3%28.2%
Morrison County8th34.9%14.2%24.4%
9th34.7%19.1%26.7%
11th39.1%19.0%29.3%
All Grades36.0%17.3%26.6%
Mower County8th38.3%19.0%28.9%
9th39.7%13.8%27.7%
11th26.9%19.4%22.9%
All Grades35.9%17.5%26.8%
Murray County8th26.3%15.6%21.4%
9th23.5%19.4%21.4%
11th44.7%13.8%31.3%
All Grades31.8%16.5%24.6%
Nicollet County8th21.1%14.3%17.9%
9th32.7%17.5%24.6%
11th30.6%12.7%21.2%
All Grades28.0%15.0%21.3%
Nobles County8th37.5%21.5%29.7%
9th32.5%13.6%23.3%
11th25.8%25.9%25.9%
All Grades32.4%19.8%26.3%
Norman County8th31.6%13.3%23.5%
9th25.6%11.1%18.7%
11th46.7%27.6%37.3%
All Grades33.6%16.8%25.7%
Olmsted County8th31.1%17.0%23.6%
9th41.3%24.0%32.7%
11th38.5%20.3%27.9%
All Grades35.9%19.8%27.3%
Otter Tail County8th28.5%18.3%23.5%
9th29.8%17.3%23.6%
11th34.6%16.8%25.6%
All Grades30.6%17.5%24.1%
Pennington County8th36.6%20.0%29.2%
9th51.5%24.3%37.7%
11th46.7%10.0%27.4%
All Grades43.7%19.0%31.7%
Pine County8th42.3%15.6%27.9%
9th36.6%24.6%31.0%
11th48.1%27.0%37.2%
All Grades41.8%22.2%31.9%
Pipestone County8th17.4%13.9%15.3%
9th36.1%22.6%29.9%
11th36.4%16.7%27.0%
All Grades31.5%17.5%24.3%
Polk County8th35.3%9.5%23.3%
9th35.6%20.0%28.3%
11th30.6%16.8%23.3%
All Grades34.1%15.6%25.1%
Pope County8th34.4%22.0%27.4%
9th45.2%12.8%25.6%
11th42.9%18.8%31.3%
All Grades40.8%17.5%28.0%
Ramsey County8th36.4%20.2%28.6%
9th41.6%22.0%32.2%
11th39.9%24.3%32.3%
All Grades39.5%22.3%31.1%
Red Lake County8th33.3%26.3%30.2%
9th22.2%21.9%22.0%
11th45.8%21.7%34.0%
All Grades33.3%23.0%28.2%
Redwood County8th41.2%17.9%29.0%
9th42.3%20.3%29.8%
11th38.8%19.4%27.9%
All Grades40.8%19.3%28.9%
Renville County8th44.2%12.0%32.4%
9th38.9%17.6%28.6%
11th35.5%16.7%27.3%
All Grades40.0%15.7%29.5%
Rice County8th36.4%19.7%28.0%
9th40.0%19.2%29.1%
11th38.0%21.5%30.1%
All Grades38.0%20.0%29.0%
Rock County8th20.0%9.1%14.6%
9th34.2%16.7%25.7%
11th23.5%15.4%19.2%
All Grades25.6%13.4%19.5%
Roseau County8th37.5%10.0%20.3%
9th31.3%18.6%24.9%
11th33.3%27.5%30.3%
All Grades33.5%18.7%25.4%
St. Louis County8th37.2%19.0%28.3%
9th34.3%18.1%26.5%
11th30.5%18.3%24.7%
All Grades34.1%18.5%26.6%
Scott County8th36.5%19.5%28.1%
9th39.7%18.1%28.9%
11th34.4%22.1%28.2%
All Grades36.9%19.8%28.4%
Sherburne County8th34.1%16.1%24.5%
9th35.1%17.6%26.8%
11th35.3%21.8%28.2%
All Grades34.8%18.3%26.4%
Sibley County8th40.0%22.9%32.4%
9th41.7%14.5%26.5%
11th43.6%19.1%32.4%
All Grades41.7%18.1%30.1%
Stearns County8th31.0%16.8%24.0%
9th33.1%14.6%23.8%
11th33.1%16.5%25.1%
All Grades32.5%15.9%24.3%
Steele County8th40.4%22.0%31.7%
9th36.5%20.0%28.5%
11th38.2%17.0%27.9%
All Grades38.4%19.7%29.4%
Stevens County8th27.1%13.0%20.2%
9th35.3%10.0%20.2%
11th18.2%17.6%17.9%
All Grades27.9%12.4%19.8%
Swift County8th33.3%9.1%21.7%
9th42.9%23.1%33.3%
11th28.0%13.2%19.0%
All Grades34.8%14.4%24.2%
Todd County8th34.3%19.6%27.1%
9th44.0%14.8%31.4%
11th33.9%12.8%25.3%
All Grades37.6%16.0%28.0%
Traverse County8th42.9%8.3%21.1%
9th18.2%8.3%13.0%
11th27.8%25.0%26.9%
All Grades30.2%11.4%20.7%
Wabasha County8th28.6%12.6%21.4%
9th38.5%21.0%29.9%
11th28.8%16.4%23.0%
All Grades31.5%16.8%24.6%
Wadena County8th19.4%9.6%14.9%
9th38.7%15.9%29.0%
11th38.6%15.9%27.8%
All Grades31.4%13.5%23.3%
Waseca County8th30.9%18.5%25.3%
9th43.2%19.4%30.5%
11th37.2%29.3%33.3%
All Grades36.7%22.3%29.6%
Washington County8th30.0%17.5%23.9%
9th36.7%18.4%27.7%
11th32.2%20.6%26.4%
All Grades32.9%18.8%25.9%
Watonwan County8th51.0%32.4%43.4%
9th33.3%32.3%32.9%
11th50.0%24.4%35.4%
All Grades44.5%29.1%37.4%
Wilkin County8th33.3%27.6%30.9%
9th33.3%24.2%29.8%
11th41.9%8.1%26.3%
All Grades36.1%19.2%28.9%
Winona County8th35.2%13.0%24.0%
9th41.8%19.4%30.5%
11th40.5%20.1%30.0%
All Grades39.1%17.4%28.1%
Wright County8th27.5%13.6%20.7%
9th31.7%17.6%24.6%
11th36.2%16.6%26.2%
All Grades31.5%15.9%23.7%
Yellow Medicine County8th35.7%12.0%24.5%
9th51.4%11.4%29.6%
11th26.5%16.7%22.0%
All Grades36.8%13.5%25.3%

About the Indicator: Students with three or more internalizing disorders are considered to have a high distress level. Internalizing disorders are measured using the Global Appraisal of Individual Needs--Short Screener (GAIN-SS). New to the 2013 Minnesota Student Survey, students were asked about "significant" problems. Significant means "having problems for two or more weeks, problems that keep coming back, problems that keep you from meeting your responsibilities, or problems that make you feel like you can't go on."

  • Significant past 12 month problems with feeling very trapped, lonely, sad, blue, depressed, or hopeless about the future
  • Significant past 12 month problems with sleep trouble, such as bad dreams, sleeping restlessly or falling asleep during the day
  • Significant past 12 month problems with feeling very anxious, nervous, tense, scared, panicked or like something bad was going to happen
  • Significant past 12 month problems with become very distressed and upset when something reminded you of the past
  • Significant past 12 month problems with thinking about ending your life or committing suicide

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.