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

2013
FemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota8th29.0%28.8%28.9%
9th30.9%30.7%30.8%
11th31.1%33.9%32.5%
All Grades30.3%31.0%30.6%
Aitkin County8th24.6%20.5%22.4%
9th40.9%24.6%33.1%
11th29.8%34.0%31.7%
All Grades32.1%25.4%28.8%
Anoka County8th29.5%31.3%30.4%
9th33.1%30.1%31.7%
11th33.2%34.5%33.8%
All Grades31.7%31.6%31.7%
Becker County8th24.3%38.2%31.3%
9th29.8%32.9%31.5%
11th35.6%26.4%30.8%
All Grades29.8%32.5%31.2%
Beltrami County8th34.5%25.5%30.0%
9th38.4%28.2%33.2%
11th25.7%32.3%29.0%
All Grades33.3%28.4%30.8%
Benton County8th30.5%37.1%33.3%
9th29.9%41.3%35.7%
11th28.3%41.0%34.3%
All Grades29.7%40.0%34.5%
Big Stone County8th30.0%25.0%27.8%
9th40.0%24.2%31.7%
11th33.3%30.2%31.6%
All Grades34.4%27.0%30.6%
Blue Earth County8th27.0%23.4%25.2%
9th33.9%30.7%32.2%
11th30.8%33.3%31.9%
All Grades30.5%28.6%29.6%
Brown County8th24.8%24.8%24.8%
9th26.3%29.5%27.8%
11th34.7%29.0%31.8%
All Grades28.4%27.6%28.0%
Carlton County8th33.5%35.5%34.5%
9th32.8%28.7%30.8%
11th34.9%34.0%34.4%
All Grades33.7%32.7%33.2%
Carver County8th21.9%24.6%23.3%
9th32.0%33.5%32.7%
11th37.7%34.0%35.9%
All Grades30.6%30.8%30.7%
Cass County8th37.5%26.5%31.7%
9th38.9%35.5%37.2%
11th29.0%38.2%33.6%
All Grades35.6%32.8%34.2%
Chippewa County8thN/AN/AN/A
9thN/AN/AN/A
11thN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/A
Chisago County8th30.3%26.5%28.5%
9th26.6%32.8%29.8%
11th33.7%33.9%33.8%
All Grades30.1%31.0%30.5%
Clay County8th21.9%23.2%22.6%
9th32.2%25.5%28.9%
11th32.2%31.3%31.8%
All Grades28.4%26.3%27.4%
Clearwater County8th29.2%30.0%29.5%
9th21.1%33.3%28.3%
11th34.4%40.7%37.3%
All Grades28.0%33.9%31.0%
Cook County8th16.7%30.8%22.6%
9th31.8%23.8%27.9%
11th30.0%50.0%42.3%
All Grades26.0%34.0%30.0%
Cottonwood County8th16.3%9.1%12.2%
9th23.3%26.0%24.7%
11th18.9%16.4%17.4%
All Grades19.5%16.9%18.0%
Crow Wing County8th20.0%27.4%23.5%
9th21.8%26.7%24.1%
11th28.8%29.4%29.1%
All Grades22.9%27.7%25.2%
Dakota County8th31.4%29.1%30.2%
9th30.2%29.9%30.1%
11th33.0%34.5%33.7%
All Grades31.5%31.2%31.3%
Dodge County8th26.4%29.6%27.8%
9th23.5%35.7%29.4%
11th32.7%42.6%37.4%
All Grades27.1%35.5%31.0%
Douglas County8th23.2%30.8%26.9%
9th31.2%29.4%30.2%
11th44.0%34.9%40.0%
All Grades32.8%31.5%32.2%
Faribault County8th23.1%33.9%28.9%
9th35.3%42.4%38.8%
11th19.6%55.6%39.5%
All Grades26.9%44.0%35.9%
Fillmore County8th20.0%31.9%25.7%
9th20.0%30.4%25.2%
11th32.6%25.4%28.4%
All Grades23.3%29.3%26.4%
Freeborn County8th21.5%23.3%22.4%
9th28.6%28.0%28.3%
11th24.6%41.6%34.1%
All Grades25.5%31.6%28.4%
Goodhue County8th29.5%25.4%27.7%
9th27.6%33.6%30.6%
11th31.4%33.7%32.6%
All Grades29.6%30.7%30.1%
Grant County8th46.2%38.9%41.9%
9th28.6%34.5%31.3%
11th9.7%25.9%17.2%
All Grades27.2%33.7%30.4%
Hennepin County8th29.6%29.3%29.4%
9th30.4%30.8%30.6%
11th30.8%35.9%33.4%
All Grades30.2%31.9%31.0%
Houston County8th21.8%38.0%29.5%
9th33.7%35.6%34.6%
11th32.0%27.5%29.5%
All Grades29.4%32.9%31.2%
Hubbard County8th23.9%28.6%25.8%
9th41.1%41.5%41.3%
11th46.2%35.2%40.4%
All Grades35.7%34.8%35.3%
Isanti County8th30.0%27.7%28.9%
9th42.5%31.0%36.7%
11th27.1%34.1%30.2%
All Grades33.4%30.2%31.8%
Itasca County8th27.8%30.5%29.2%
9th37.1%42.8%40.0%
11th38.1%34.7%36.6%
All Grades34.1%36.2%35.1%
Jackson County8th28.3%28.6%28.4%
9th24.4%35.6%30.8%
11th31.5%29.6%30.6%
All Grades28.3%31.6%30.0%
Kanabec County8th32.9%35.0%34.0%
9th28.6%40.7%34.1%
11th36.7%33.8%35.1%
All Grades32.3%36.3%34.3%
Kandiyohi County8th29.1%28.3%28.7%
9th25.8%30.9%28.3%
11th19.4%37.7%29.9%
All Grades25.0%32.4%28.9%
Kittson County8th27.3%33.3%30.2%
9th35.5%29.6%32.8%
11th31.6%36.4%34.1%
All Grades31.9%32.9%32.4%
Koochiching County8th34.1%29.4%32.1%
9th25.0%36.4%30.8%
11th50.0%39.3%44.0%
All Grades34.7%34.7%34.7%
Lac Qui Parle County8th20.0%22.9%21.4%
9th40.5%50.0%45.8%
11th34.3%29.6%32.3%
All Grades31.8%36.1%34.0%
Lake County8th32.4%16.7%24.7%
9th31.7%32.1%31.9%
11th35.0%35.9%35.6%
All Grades32.5%28.2%30.5%
Lake of the Woods County8th41.7%31.3%35.7%
9th27.3%33.3%30.0%
11th31.3%38.5%34.5%
All Grades33.3%34.2%33.8%
Le Sueur County8th34.5%25.0%30.6%
9th32.5%34.2%33.3%
11th29.0%29.5%29.3%
All Grades32.2%30.1%31.2%
Lincoln County8th37.5%41.7%38.9%
9th26.7%16.7%20.5%
11th39.1%35.0%37.2%
All Grades35.5%28.6%32.2%
Lyon County8th30.8%28.1%29.2%
9th31.9%30.6%31.2%
11th20.0%27.5%23.7%
All Grades27.5%28.9%28.3%
McLeod County8th42.1%33.3%39.3%
9th10.0%25.0%16.7%
11th33.3%38.5%36.0%
All Grades31.7%33.3%32.4%
Mahnomen County8th46.7%22.2%35.1%
9th29.0%32.5%31.0%
11th48.0%40.9%44.7%
All Grades40.7%31.5%36.0%
Marshall County8th22.2%29.7%26.0%
9th22.6%26.8%24.5%
11th16.7%31.4%24.7%
All Grades20.6%29.5%25.0%
Martin County8th17.1%29.9%22.8%
9th33.3%29.6%31.4%
11th23.8%39.7%31.4%
All Grades25.5%32.5%28.9%
Meeker County8th23.6%23.8%23.7%
9th16.0%20.5%18.4%
11th23.3%33.3%28.7%
All Grades20.8%24.7%22.9%
Mille Lacs County8th28.8%29.5%29.1%
9th33.5%29.2%31.4%
11th32.0%33.1%32.5%
All Grades31.4%30.5%30.9%
Morrison County8th29.1%30.7%29.9%
9th33.3%23.6%28.4%
11th30.1%36.8%33.3%
All Grades30.9%29.6%30.3%
Mower County8th44.0%35.7%39.9%
9th30.7%25.7%28.3%
11th39.1%47.0%43.5%
All Grades38.2%36.1%37.2%
Murray County8th10.3%21.9%15.5%
9th44.1%41.7%42.9%
11th34.2%37.9%35.8%
All Grades28.8%34.0%31.3%
Nicollet County8th19.3%28.6%23.6%
9th30.9%29.0%29.9%
11th26.5%30.9%28.8%
All Grades25.5%29.5%27.5%
Nobles County8th33.0%31.8%32.4%
9th36.4%29.1%32.9%
11th30.3%38.3%34.1%
All Grades33.5%32.6%33.1%
Norman County8th15.8%33.3%23.5%
9th25.6%30.6%28.0%
11th33.3%24.1%28.8%
All Grades24.3%29.5%26.7%
Olmsted County8th23.6%26.0%24.9%
9th29.3%36.2%32.8%
11th31.3%30.3%30.7%
All Grades27.1%30.0%28.6%
Otter Tail County8th21.1%24.1%22.5%
9th27.6%30.2%28.9%
11th33.2%29.4%31.3%
All Grades26.6%27.7%27.2%
Pennington County8th30.3%30.7%30.5%
9th37.7%20.8%29.1%
11th40.0%30.0%34.7%
All Grades35.0%26.9%31.0%
Pine County8th38.5%32.3%35.1%
9th38.6%38.6%38.6%
11th31.7%45.9%39.1%
All Grades36.5%38.7%37.6%
Pipestone County8th16.7%34.3%27.1%
9th27.8%43.8%35.3%
11th23.5%26.7%25.0%
All Grades23.4%35.1%29.3%
Polk County8th28.8%26.3%27.6%
9th30.6%37.4%33.8%
11th29.5%26.2%27.7%
All Grades29.7%30.2%29.9%
Pope County8th18.8%26.8%23.3%
9th32.3%21.3%25.6%
11th31.4%37.5%34.3%
All Grades27.6%27.5%27.5%
Ramsey County8th31.3%31.7%31.5%
9th32.5%29.9%31.3%
11th29.5%30.7%30.1%
All Grades31.2%30.7%30.9%
Red Lake County8th25.0%40.0%31.8%
9th22.2%37.5%30.5%
11th24.0%26.1%25.0%
All Grades23.7%34.7%29.1%
Redwood County8th23.5%30.4%27.1%
9th30.8%33.8%32.5%
11th38.8%33.3%35.7%
All Grades30.9%32.6%31.9%
Renville County8th16.3%20.0%17.6%
9th19.4%17.6%18.6%
11th12.9%12.5%12.7%
All Grades16.4%16.9%16.6%
Rice County8th30.8%28.5%29.7%
9th31.2%28.0%29.5%
11th33.8%31.9%32.9%
All Grades31.8%29.2%30.5%
Rock County8th25.6%35.0%30.1%
9th25.6%37.1%31.1%
11th38.2%28.9%33.3%
All Grades29.3%33.6%31.4%
Roseau County8th29.2%25.0%26.6%
9th29.8%27.1%28.4%
11th30.6%33.8%32.2%
All Grades29.9%28.6%29.2%
St. Louis County8th30.3%26.4%28.4%
9th27.8%30.9%29.3%
11th30.3%29.8%30.1%
All Grades29.3%29.1%29.2%
Scott County8th29.4%32.9%31.1%
9th37.6%33.3%35.4%
11th31.9%41.9%36.9%
All Grades32.9%35.8%34.4%
Sherburne County8th29.9%25.8%27.7%
9th28.7%32.7%30.6%
11th26.8%36.4%31.8%
All Grades28.6%31.2%29.9%
Sibley County8th25.9%29.2%27.4%
9th21.3%31.2%26.8%
11th14.8%24.4%19.2%
All Grades20.8%28.8%24.8%
Stearns County8th25.9%26.5%26.2%
9th30.5%30.0%30.3%
11th30.3%33.3%31.8%
All Grades29.0%30.0%29.5%
Steele County8th36.4%28.4%32.6%
9th29.9%30.2%30.1%
11th37.0%27.3%32.3%
All Grades34.5%28.6%31.7%
Stevens County8th25.5%23.9%24.7%
9th32.4%26.0%28.6%
11th13.6%35.3%23.1%
All Grades25.2%26.5%25.9%
Swift County8th33.3%27.3%30.4%
9th46.4%34.6%40.7%
11th28.0%39.5%34.9%
All Grades36.0%34.0%34.9%
Todd County8th26.5%28.7%27.6%
9th36.8%26.4%32.4%
11th30.7%20.5%26.6%
All Grades31.5%25.5%28.9%
Traverse County8th40.0%12.5%23.1%
9th27.3%16.7%21.7%
11th38.9%37.5%38.5%
All Grades36.4%18.2%27.3%
Wabasha County8th18.9%31.0%24.4%
9th28.2%24.0%26.1%
11th23.8%27.6%25.6%
All Grades23.6%27.4%25.4%
Wadena County8th22.4%26.5%24.3%
9th34.4%21.7%29.0%
11th34.3%27.0%30.8%
All Grades29.9%25.1%27.7%
Waseca County8th25.5%26.5%26.0%
9th28.0%25.5%26.7%
11th35.3%28.0%31.7%
All Grades29.4%26.6%28.0%
Washington County8th26.2%28.7%27.4%
9th27.0%30.5%28.8%
11th31.9%36.3%34.1%
All Grades28.3%31.8%30.0%
Watonwan County8th31.3%21.2%27.2%
9th22.2%33.3%26.9%
11th26.5%25.0%25.6%
All Grades26.8%26.4%26.6%
Wilkin County8th41.0%20.7%32.4%
9th30.0%29.4%29.8%
11th32.6%29.7%31.3%
All Grades34.1%27.0%31.0%
Winona County8th40.7%28.4%34.5%
9th35.6%33.5%34.6%
11th26.2%28.4%27.3%
All Grades34.8%30.3%32.5%
Wright County8th27.4%27.2%27.3%
9th27.5%28.2%27.8%
11th29.5%31.8%30.7%
All Grades28.0%29.0%28.5%
Yellow Medicine County8th28.6%20.0%24.5%
9th30.6%30.2%30.4%
11th26.5%19.0%23.1%
All Grades28.3%23.6%26.0%

About the Indicator: Students with three or more externalizing disorders are considered to have a high distress level. Externalizing 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 doing any of the following two or more times in the past 12 months:

  • "Lie or con to get things you wanted or to avoid having to do something"
  • "Have a hard time paying attention at school, work, or home"
  • "Have a hard time listening to instructions at school, work, or home"
  • "Be a bully or threaten other people"
  • "Start fights with other people"

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.