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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 Region

20132016
FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota11th***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%
East Central11th***4.9%5.4%5.2%
8th***2.4%2.4%2.4%
9th***3.6%3.0%3.3%
All Grades***3.5%3.5%3.5%
Metro11th***4.9%5.2%5.0%
8th***2.2%2.1%2.2%
9th***3.3%2.3%2.9%
All Grades***3.4%3.1%3.2%
Non-Metro11th***4.6%4.8%4.7%
8th***2.7%2.2%2.4%
9th***3.2%2.4%2.8%
All Grades***3.4%3.0%3.2%
Northwest11th***5.2%4.1%4.6%
8th***3.8%2.3%3.0%
9th***3.0%2.1%2.6%
All Grades***3.9%2.7%3.3%
Northeast11th***4.5%5.7%5.1%
8th***2.3%1.8%2.0%
9th***3.1%1.9%2.6%
All Grades***3.2%3.0%3.1%
Southeast11th***4.7%4.1%4.4%
8th***2.1%1.5%1.8%
9th***3.1%2.4%2.7%
All Grades***3.2%2.5%2.9%
Southwest11th***4.0%3.8%3.9%
8th***3.0%2.3%2.7%
9th***2.8%2.1%2.4%
All Grades***3.2%2.6%2.9%
West Central11th***4.2%5.6%4.9%
8th***3.1%2.7%2.9%
9th***3.3%2.2%2.7%
All Grades***3.5%3.4%3.5%

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).