Substance Use in Minnesota : Data By Topic

Percent of Students Reporting Any Use of Prescription Pain Relievers Not Prescribed for Them by Their Doctor within the Past 12 Months, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

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		2013			2016
		Female	Male	Total	Female	Male	Total
Minnesota	11th	*	*	*	4.8%	5.0%	4.9%
	8th	*	*	*	2.4%	2.2%	2.3%
	9th	*	*	*	3.3%	2.4%	2.8%
	All Grades	*	*	*	3.4%	3.0%	3.2%
Aitkin County	11th	*	*	*	4.2%	13.0%	8.8%
	8th	*	*	*	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
	9th	*	*	*	3.4%	0.0%	1.9%
	All Grades	*	*	*	3.1%	5.6%	4.4%
Anoka County	11th	*	*	*	6.3%	5.8%	6.0%
	8th	*	*	*	2.6%	1.9%	2.3%
	9th	*	*	*	3.4%	3.1%	3.3%
	All Grades	*	*	*	3.9%	3.5%	3.7%
Becker County	11th	*	*	*	5.5%	2.7%	4.1%
	8th	*	*	*	5.4%	2.7%	4.1%
	9th	*	*	*	2.3%	0.8%	1.6%
	All Grades	*	*	*	4.3%	2.0%	3.2%
Beltrami County	11th	*	*	*	4.8%	1.9%	3.3%
	8th	*	*	*	3.8%	3.6%	3.7%
	9th	*	*	*	4.8%	4.3%	4.6%
	All Grades	*	*	*	4.4%	3.4%	3.9%
Benton County	11th	*	*	*	4.4%	3.8%	4.1%
	8th	*	*	*	2.0%	1.5%	1.8%
	9th	*	*	*	4.1%	5.6%	4.9%
	All Grades	*	*	*	3.4%	3.8%	3.6%
Big Stone County	11th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	8th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	9th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	All Grades	*	*	*	*	*	*
Blue Earth County	11th	*	*	*	2.9%	3.7%	3.3%
	8th	*	*	*	3.5%	2.8%	3.2%
	9th	*	*	*	2.1%	1.8%	2.0%
	All Grades	*	*	*	2.8%	2.8%	2.8%
Brown County	11th	*	*	*	5.7%	7.1%	6.4%
	8th	*	*	*	2.0%	1.8%	1.9%
	9th	*	*	*	3.7%	1.6%	2.6%
	All Grades	*	*	*	3.7%	3.1%	3.4%
Carlton County	11th	*	*	*	5.0%	5.9%	5.4%
	8th	*	*	*	3.1%	0.5%	1.8%
	9th	*	*	*	3.4%	1.0%	2.2%
	All Grades	*	*	*	3.8%	2.2%	3.0%
Carver County	11th	*	*	*	7.7%	4.6%	6.0%
	8th	*	*	*	2.4%	0.9%	1.7%
	9th	*	*	*	0.5%	1.4%	0.9%
	All Grades	*	*	*	2.7%	2.0%	2.3%
Cass County	11th	*	*	*	11.4%	11.3%	11.3%
	8th	*	*	*	2.7%	4.7%	3.8%
	9th	*	*	*	8.3%	2.4%	5.3%
	All Grades	*	*	*	7.0%	5.4%	6.2%
Chippewa County	11th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	8th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	9th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	All Grades	*	*	*	*	*	*
Chisago County	11th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	8th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	9th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	All Grades	*	*	*	*	*	*
Clay County	11th	*	*	*	5.7%	4.7%	5.2%
	8th	*	*	*	4.4%	2.4%	3.4%
	9th	*	*	*	1.9%	2.3%	2.1%
	All Grades	*	*	*	4.0%	3.1%	3.5%
Clearwater County	11th	*	*	*	3.1%	8.6%	6.0%
	8th	*	*	*	0.0%	2.7%	1.3%
	9th	*	*	*	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
	All Grades	*	*	*	0.9%	3.0%	2.0%
Cook County	11th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	8th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	9th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	All Grades	*	*	*	*	*	*
Cottonwood County	11th	*	*	*	6.8%	5.9%	6.3%
	8th	*	*	*	0.0%	2.0%	1.1%
	9th	*	*	*	8.7%	0.0%	4.3%
	All Grades	*	*	*	5.2%	2.7%	3.9%
Crow Wing County	11th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	8th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	9th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	All Grades	*	*	*	*	*	*
Dakota County	11th	*	*	*	4.3%	4.6%	4.4%
	8th	*	*	*	2.2%	1.4%	1.8%
	9th	*	*	*	3.6%	2.0%	2.9%
	All Grades	*	*	*	3.3%	2.5%	2.9%
Dodge County	11th	*	*	*	6.1%	2.8%	4.7%
	8th	*	*	*	1.7%	2.8%	2.3%
	9th	*	*	*	4.8%	1.8%	3.3%
	All Grades	*	*	*	4.1%	2.4%	3.3%
Douglas County	11th	*	*	*	2.4%	5.6%	4.1%
	8th	*	*	*	1.8%	2.6%	2.2%
	9th	*	*	*	3.2%	1.3%	2.3%
	All Grades	*	*	*	2.5%	3.1%	2.8%
Faribault County	11th	*	*	*	5.6%	8.9%	7.3%
	8th	*	*	*	4.3%	5.5%	5.0%
	9th	*	*	*	4.4%	7.0%	5.9%
	All Grades	*	*	*	4.8%	7.1%	6.1%
Fillmore County	11th	*	*	*	7.8%	9.7%	8.7%
	8th	*	*	*	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
	9th	*	*	*	1.4%	4.7%	3.0%
	All Grades	*	*	*	3.0%	4.6%	3.8%
Freeborn County	11th	*	*	*	4.5%	2.5%	3.6%
	8th	*	*	*	6.0%	1.9%	4.1%
	9th	*	*	*	1.1%	2.0%	1.6%
	All Grades	*	*	*	4.1%	2.1%	3.1%
Goodhue County	11th	*	*	*	4.1%	3.8%	4.0%
	8th	*	*	*	0.8%	0.0%	0.4%
	9th	*	*	*	1.0%	1.8%	1.4%
	All Grades	*	*	*	2.0%	1.6%	1.8%
Grant County	11th	*	*	*	9.5%	5.6%	7.0%
	8th	*	*	*	2.3%	6.9%	4.2%
	9th	*	*	*	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
	All Grades	*	*	*	3.1%	4.0%	3.6%
Hennepin County	11th	*	*	*	4.5%	5.0%	4.7%
	8th	*	*	*	2.1%	2.7%	2.4%
	9th	*	*	*	3.2%	2.2%	2.7%
	All Grades	*	*	*	3.1%	3.1%	3.1%
Houston County	11th	*	*	*	5.0%	3.3%	4.3%
	8th	*	*	*	3.4%	2.6%	3.1%
	9th	*	*	*	6.1%	2.8%	4.3%
	All Grades	*	*	*	4.8%	2.9%	3.9%
Hubbard County	11th	*	*	*	4.2%	7.0%	5.6%
	8th	*	*	*	4.0%	1.6%	2.9%
	9th	*	*	*	5.7%	1.4%	3.8%
	All Grades	*	*	*	4.7%	3.4%	4.1%
Isanti County	11th	*	*	*	7.1%	3.4%	5.2%
	8th	*	*	*	2.2%	3.4%	2.8%
	9th	*	*	*	7.3%	3.6%	5.5%
	All Grades	*	*	*	5.4%	3.5%	4.5%
Itasca County	11th	*	*	*	6.0%	3.3%	4.5%
	8th	*	*	*	2.3%	2.7%	2.5%
	9th	*	*	*	6.5%	2.2%	4.5%
	All Grades	*	*	*	4.9%	2.7%	3.8%
Jackson County	11th	*	*	*	2.6%	3.4%	2.9%
	8th	*	*	*	6.7%	5.3%	5.9%
	9th	*	*	*	2.3%	0.0%	1.2%
	All Grades	*	*	*	3.1%	2.3%	2.7%
Kanabec County	11th	*	*	*	5.2%	6.9%	6.2%
	8th	*	*	*	3.4%	4.6%	3.9%
	9th	*	*	*	1.4%	3.8%	2.7%
	All Grades	*	*	*	3.2%	5.1%	4.1%
Kandiyohi County	11th	*	*	*	4.3%	2.2%	3.1%
	8th	*	*	*	2.5%	0.0%	1.3%
	9th	*	*	*	3.1%	2.3%	2.7%
	All Grades	*	*	*	3.2%	1.5%	2.3%
Kittson County	11th	*	*	*	3.6%	10.5%	6.4%
	8th	*	*	*	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
	9th	*	*	*	0.0%	12.5%	5.9%
	All Grades	*	*	*	1.5%	7.3%	4.1%
Koochiching County	11th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	8th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	9th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	All Grades	*	*	*	*	*	*
Lac Qui Parle County	11th	*	*	*	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
	8th	*	*	*	1.7%	0.0%	1.0%
	9th	*	*	*	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
	All Grades	*	*	*	0.8%	0.0%	0.4%
Lake County	11th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	8th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	9th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	All Grades	*	*	*	*	*	*
Lake of the Woods County	11th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	8th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	9th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	All Grades	*	*	*	*	*	*
Le Sueur County	11th	*	*	*	5.9%	4.3%	5.2%
	8th	*	*	*	2.6%	0.7%	1.5%
	9th	*	*	*	0.8%	1.5%	1.2%
	All Grades	*	*	*	3.1%	1.9%	2.5%
Lincoln County	11th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	8th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	9th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	All Grades	*	*	*	*	*	*
Lyon County	11th	*	*	*	6.0%	0.0%	3.2%
	8th	*	*	*	1.6%	1.4%	1.5%
	9th	*	*	*	3.0%	2.9%	3.0%
	All Grades	*	*	*	3.4%	1.6%	2.5%
McLeod County	11th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	8th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	9th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	All Grades	*	*	*	*	*	*
Mahnomen County	11th	*	*	*	5.3%	0.0%	2.1%
	8th	*	*	*	4.0%	2.6%	3.2%
	9th	*	*	*	9.7%	2.9%	6.1%
	All Grades	*	*	*	6.7%	2.0%	4.0%
Marshall County	11th	*	*	*	3.6%	0.0%	1.6%
	8th	*	*	*	9.1%	0.0%	3.9%
	9th	*	*	*	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
	All Grades	*	*	*	4.0%	0.0%	1.9%
Martin County	11th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	8th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	9th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	All Grades	*	*	*	*	*	*
Meeker County	11th	*	*	*	2.5%	2.8%	2.7%
	8th	*	*	*	5.1%	3.7%	4.4%
	9th	*	*	*	1.0%	0.0%	0.5%
	All Grades	*	*	*	3.0%	2.0%	2.5%
Mille Lacs County	11th	*	*	*	5.4%	7.0%	6.2%
	8th	*	*	*	1.6%	3.1%	2.4%
	9th	*	*	*	2.2%	3.8%	2.9%
	All Grades	*	*	*	2.9%	4.4%	3.6%
Morrison County	11th	*	*	*	1.2%	2.1%	1.6%
	8th	*	*	*	2.3%	1.9%	2.1%
	9th	*	*	*	3.3%	1.5%	2.4%
	All Grades	*	*	*	2.3%	1.8%	2.1%
Mower County	11th	*	*	*	1.0%	3.4%	2.3%
	8th	*	*	*	3.2%	3.0%	3.1%
	9th	*	*	*	3.3%	1.3%	2.3%
	All Grades	*	*	*	2.7%	2.5%	2.6%
Murray County	11th	*	*	*	2.7%	5.3%	4.0%
	8th	*	*	*	2.4%	3.2%	2.8%
	9th	*	*	*	2.9%	0.0%	1.3%
	All Grades	*	*	*	2.7%	2.7%	2.7%
Nicollet County	11th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	8th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	9th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	All Grades	*	*	*	*	*	*
Nobles County	11th	*	*	*	3.6%	2.6%	3.1%
	8th	*	*	*	4.4%	1.1%	2.9%
	9th	*	*	*	1.3%	2.9%	2.2%
	All Grades	*	*	*	3.3%	2.2%	2.8%
Norman County	11th	*	*	*	3.6%	0.0%	2.0%
	8th	*	*	*	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
	9th	*	*	*	3.2%	0.0%	1.6%
	All Grades	*	*	*	1.9%	0.0%	0.9%
Olmsted County	11th	*	*	*	4.4%	3.3%	3.8%
	8th	*	*	*	1.6%	1.1%	1.4%
	9th	*	*	*	2.4%	3.0%	2.7%
	All Grades	*	*	*	2.6%	2.3%	2.5%
Otter Tail County	11th	*	*	*	2.4%	4.3%	3.3%
	8th	*	*	*	2.0%	2.4%	2.2%
	9th	*	*	*	1.8%	2.2%	2.0%
	All Grades	*	*	*	2.0%	2.9%	2.5%
Pennington County	11th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	8th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	9th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	All Grades	*	*	*	*	*	*
Pine County	11th	*	*	*	13.3%	12.6%	12.9%
	8th	*	*	*	3.2%	1.7%	2.5%
	9th	*	*	*	3.3%	4.0%	3.6%
	All Grades	*	*	*	5.8%	5.6%	5.7%
Pipestone County	11th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	8th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	9th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	All Grades	*	*	*	*	*	*
Polk County	11th	*	*	*	6.5%	9.7%	7.9%
	8th	*	*	*	4.3%	2.6%	3.5%
	9th	*	*	*	2.0%	2.3%	2.2%
	All Grades	*	*	*	4.2%	4.3%	4.3%
Pope County	11th	*	*	*	0.0%	8.3%	5.1%
	8th	*	*	*	3.1%	0.0%	1.4%
	9th	*	*	*	0.0%	3.4%	1.9%
	All Grades	*	*	*	1.3%	3.7%	2.7%
Ramsey County	11th	*	*	*	4.5%	5.1%	4.8%
	8th	*	*	*	2.3%	2.3%	2.3%
	9th	*	*	*	2.6%	2.1%	2.4%
	All Grades	*	*	*	3.1%	3.1%	3.1%
Red Lake County	11th	*	*	*	0.0%	5.3%	2.4%
	8th	*	*	*	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
	9th	*	*	*	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%
	All Grades	*	*	*	0.0%	1.6%	0.8%
Redwood County	11th	*	*	*	3.9%	1.7%	2.8%
	8th	*	*	*	2.8%	4.5%	3.6%
	9th	*	*	*	3.0%	3.2%	3.1%
	All Grades	*	*	*	3.2%	3.2%	3.2%
Renville County	11th	*	*	*	1.6%	5.4%	3.0%
	8th	*	*	*	3.3%	7.8%	5.6%
	9th	*	*	*	1.9%	0.0%	1.1%
	All Grades	*	*	*	2.2%	4.9%	3.4%
Rice County	11th	*	*	*	2.5%	0.7%	1.6%
	8th	*	*	*	1.3%	0.9%	1.1%
	9th	*	*	*	3.9%	1.2%	2.5%
	All Grades	*	*	*	2.4%	0.9%	1.7%
Rock County	11th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	8th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	9th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	All Grades	*	*	*	*	*	*
Roseau County	11th	*	*	*	10.9%	0.0%	4.2%
	8th	*	*	*	3.9%	2.5%	3.2%
	9th	*	*	*	1.2%	0.0%	0.6%
	All Grades	*	*	*	4.3%	0.8%	2.4%
St. Louis County	11th	*	*	*	3.9%	5.5%	4.7%
	8th	*	*	*	2.0%	2.1%	2.1%
	9th	*	*	*	2.0%	2.3%	2.1%
	All Grades	*	*	*	2.5%	3.2%	2.9%
Scott County	11th	*	*	*	4.2%	3.8%	4.0%
	8th	*	*	*	1.5%	1.9%	1.7%
	9th	*	*	*	4.1%	2.7%	3.4%
	All Grades	*	*	*	3.2%	2.7%	2.9%
Sherburne County	11th	*	*	*	4.8%	6.4%	5.6%
	8th	*	*	*	2.7%	2.4%	2.6%
	9th	*	*	*	5.1%	2.4%	3.8%
	All Grades	*	*	*	4.1%	3.5%	3.8%
Sibley County	11th	*	*	*	6.8%	7.0%	6.9%
	8th	*	*	*	3.2%	4.5%	3.9%
	9th	*	*	*	3.6%	6.1%	4.8%
	All Grades	*	*	*	4.5%	5.7%	5.1%
Stearns County	11th	*	*	*	2.7%	4.9%	3.8%
	8th	*	*	*	2.2%	2.1%	2.2%
	9th	*	*	*	3.1%	3.0%	3.1%
	All Grades	*	*	*	2.7%	3.2%	2.9%
Steele County	11th	*	*	*	4.2%	3.4%	3.8%
	8th	*	*	*	2.2%	0.6%	1.4%
	9th	*	*	*	3.4%	2.6%	3.0%
	All Grades	*	*	*	3.3%	2.2%	2.7%
Stevens County	11th	*	*	*	2.3%	6.1%	3.9%
	8th	*	*	*	2.9%	0.0%	1.3%
	9th	*	*	*	5.9%	2.4%	3.9%
	All Grades	*	*	*	3.6%	2.6%	3.1%
Swift County	11th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	8th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	9th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	All Grades	*	*	*	*	*	*
Todd County	11th	*	*	*	3.2%	4.0%	3.6%
	8th	*	*	*	2.0%	3.1%	2.5%
	9th	*	*	*	3.4%	4.0%	3.8%
	All Grades	*	*	*	2.8%	3.7%	3.3%
Traverse County	11th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	8th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	9th	*	*	*	*	*	*
	All Grades	*	*	*	*	*	*
Wabasha County	11th	*	*	*	3.8%	6.2%	4.9%
	8th	*	*	*	3.6%	2.6%	3.1%
	9th	*	*	*	3.6%	2.1%	2.9%
	All Grades	*	*	*	3.6%	3.4%	3.5%
Wadena County	11th	*	*	*	1.2%	8.2%	4.2%
	8th	*	*	*	5.1%	2.1%	3.5%
	9th	*	*	*	4.1%	0.0%	2.2%
	All Grades	*	*	*	3.4%	3.2%	3.3%
Waseca County	11th	*	*	*	3.7%	3.8%	3.7%
	8th	*	*	*	3.1%	1.3%	2.3%
	9th	*	*	*	3.0%	0.0%	1.5%
	All Grades	*	*	*	3.2%	1.5%	2.4%
Washington County	11th	*	*	*	6.2%	6.9%	6.6%
	8th	*	*	*	1.9%	2.4%	2.1%
	9th	*	*	*	4.1%	2.6%	3.4%
	All Grades	*	*	*	4.0%	3.8%	3.9%
Watonwan County	11th	*	*	*	1.9%	2.0%	1.9%
	8th	*	*	*	2.0%	1.4%	1.7%
	9th	*	*	*	8.8%	7.2%	8.0%
	All Grades	*	*	*	4.7%	3.7%	4.2%
Wilkin County	11th	*	*	*	5.0%	4.2%	4.7%
	8th	*	*	*	5.9%	5.4%	5.6%
	9th	*	*	*	7.9%	2.1%	4.7%
	All Grades	*	*	*	6.3%	3.7%	5.0%
Winona County	11th	*	*	*	10.0%	8.7%	9.3%
	8th	*	*	*	1.3%	1.9%	1.6%
	9th	*	*	*	3.3%	3.3%	3.3%
	All Grades	*	*	*	4.8%	4.6%	4.7%
Wright County	11th	*	*	*	6.7%	4.5%	5.6%
	8th	*	*	*	2.2%	2.3%	2.3%
	9th	*	*	*	2.5%	3.5%	3.0%
	All Grades	*	*	*	3.7%	3.4%	3.5%
Yellow Medicine County	11th	*	*	*	3.1%	5.9%	4.5%
	8th	*	*	*	3.3%	2.3%	2.7%
	9th	*	*	*	2.6%	0.0%	1.2%
	All Grades	*	*	*	3.0%	2.5%	2.7%

About the Indicator: Drug consumption by youth is measured here as the number of students reporting any abuse of prescription drugs in the past 12 months. Students were asked whether they used Oxycodone, OxyContin (oxy), Percocet, Percodan, Vicodin or other pain relievers not prescribed for them by a doctor. N/A or * indicates that the data are unavailable or were not collected.

In 2010, reported past 12 month prescription pain reliever use among 12th graders was similar in Minnesota to the national average (rate ratio = 1.02:1.00). States rates are from the Minnesota Student Survey; national rates are from Monitoring the Future (MTF).

Youth Pain Reliever Misuse

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Percent of Students Reporting Any Use of Prescription Pain Relievers Not Prescribed for Them by Their Doctor within the Past 12 Months, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County