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Percent of Students Reporting that they Believe People Put themselves at Great or Moderate Risk of Harm by Frequently Binge Drinking, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

20072010
MaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotal
Minnesota6th81%85%83%78%83%81%
9th79%87%83%80%87%84%
12th68%84%76%71%85%78%
All Grades77%85%81%77%85%81%
Aitkin County6th74%86%79%74%74%74%
9th81%80%80%75%79%77%
12th70%81%75%66%75%71%
All Grades75%82%79%72%76%74%
Anoka County6th83%88%85%80%85%83%
9th80%88%85%81%87%84%
12th71%85%78%73%87%81%
All Grades79%87%83%79%86%83%
Becker County6th70%80%74%67%82%75%
9th76%88%83%75%89%82%
12th70%86%78%68%90%81%
All Grades72%85%78%70%87%79%
Beltrami County6th70%80%75%75%83%79%
9th68%82%75%74%84%79%
12th73%81%77%68%88%78%
All Grades70%81%76%73%85%79%
Benton County6th80%87%84%80%87%83%
9th79%81%80%83%90%87%
12th57%85%71%72%84%78%
All Grades72%84%78%79%87%83%
Big Stone County6thN/AN/A86%84%87%85%
9thN/AN/A82%78%72%76%
12thN/AN/A51%66%80%72%
All GradesN/AN/AN/A75%79%77%
Blue Earth County6th78%85%82%83%81%82%
9th76%82%79%73%87%81%
12th68%83%76%70%81%75%
All Grades74%83%79%76%83%80%
Brown County6th80%83%82%76%80%78%
9th78%88%83%80%86%83%
12th70%71%70%70%82%76%
All Grades78%81%79%76%82%79%
Carlton County6th80%86%83%70%84%77%
9th77%87%82%81%85%83%
12th67%85%77%70%93%81%
All Grades75%86%81%74%87%80%
Carver County6th86%87%87%81%85%83%
9th78%88%83%83%91%87%
12th64%78%71%74%84%79%
All Grades78%85%82%80%87%83%
Cass County6th78%82%80%76%73%75%
9th75%88%82%79%78%79%
12th72%89%80%72%76%74%
All Grades75%86%81%76%76%76%
Chippewa County6th76%85%80%N/AN/AN/A
9th78%83%81%N/AN/AN/A
12th68%91%81%N/AN/AN/A
All Grades75%86%81%N/AN/AN/A
Chisago County6th77%89%83%74%83%78%
9th67%79%73%71%78%75%
12th69%81%75%68%80%74%
All Grades71%83%77%71%81%76%
Clay County6th80%82%81%75%81%78%
9th77%88%82%77%84%81%
12th67%82%75%68%80%74%
All Grades76%84%80%74%82%78%
Clearwater County6th73%73%73%71%68%70%
9th78%75%76%70%85%78%
12th56%87%72%65%85%74%
All Grades70%77%74%69%79%74%
Cook County6thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Cottonwood County6th67%82%75%62%75%68%
9th79%80%79%80%86%83%
12th70%78%74%55%79%67%
All Grades72%80%76%66%80%73%
Crow Wing County6th80%86%83%76%80%78%
9th71%88%80%70%84%78%
12th64%82%73%64%84%75%
All Grades73%86%79%71%82%77%
Dakota County6th84%88%86%81%85%83%
9th81%89%85%83%88%86%
12th73%84%78%72%86%79%
All Grades80%87%84%79%86%83%
Dodge County6th78%84%81%77%78%77%
9th84%83%83%80%84%82%
12th65%88%76%70%82%76%
All Grades76%85%80%76%81%79%
Douglas County6th82%89%86%74%85%79%
9th85%84%84%77%87%82%
12th64%84%74%76%78%77%
All Grades78%86%82%76%84%80%
Faribault County6th88%89%88%N/AN/AN/A
9th75%90%82%N/AN/AN/A
12th64%83%73%N/AN/AN/A
All Grades75%88%81%N/AN/AN/A
Fillmore County6th73%81%77%65%82%74%
9th66%84%75%81%80%81%
12th60%74%68%46%78%62%
All Grades67%80%74%64%80%72%
Freeborn County6th80%85%82%78%81%80%
9th73%87%81%91%81%86%
12th57%78%67%71%75%73%
All Grades70%84%77%81%79%80%
Goodhue County6th82%86%84%71%77%74%
9th78%86%82%75%81%78%
12th61%84%72%66%76%72%
All Grades75%85%80%71%78%74%
Grant County6th90%85%88%N/AN/AN/A
9th78%91%85%N/AN/AN/A
12th65%91%80%N/AN/AN/A
All Grades78%90%84%N/AN/AN/A
Hennepin County6th84%85%84%82%84%83%
9th81%89%85%84%89%87%
12th72%85%79%75%87%82%
All Grades80%86%83%81%87%84%
Houston County6th85%85%85%68%81%75%
9th70%84%77%75%86%81%
12th57%74%66%55%68%62%
All Grades70%81%76%67%78%73%
Hubbard County6th78%85%81%79%69%74%
9th67%71%68%67%74%70%
12th71%83%77%60%82%70%
All Grades72%80%76%69%74%71%
Isanti County6th81%83%82%N/AN/AN/A
9th74%85%80%N/AN/AN/A
12th66%86%75%N/AN/AN/A
All Grades75%85%80%N/AN/AN/A
Itasca County6th73%85%78%77%85%81%
9th76%76%76%83%87%85%
12th73%83%78%73%87%79%
All Grades74%81%77%78%86%82%
Jackson County6th77%80%78%65%89%76%
9th77%89%83%84%93%88%
12th52%89%65%52%94%73%
All Grades68%86%76%68%92%79%
Kanabec County6th77%82%79%76%73%74%
9th70%81%75%71%82%76%
12th66%80%72%56%78%66%
All Grades71%81%76%68%77%72%
Kandiyohi County6th78%78%78%76%82%79%
9th78%91%85%90%91%90%
12th67%81%72%70%85%77%
All Grades76%84%80%79%86%82%
Kittson County6th74%77%75%80%91%86%
9th93%100%96%76%90%82%
12th56%80%68%60%89%74%
All Grades74%84%79%73%90%81%
Koochiching County6thN/AN/AN/A72%85%78%
9thN/AN/AN/A71%87%79%
12thN/AN/AN/A76%73%74%
All GradesN/AN/AN/A73%83%78%
Lac Qui Parle County6th78%92%85%77%83%80%
9th79%82%81%74%85%80%
12th55%71%63%76%80%78%
All Grades70%81%76%76%83%79%
Lake County6thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
9thN/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 County6thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Le Sueur County6th73%84%78%79%83%81%
9th74%84%79%75%83%80%
12th56%82%69%63%80%72%
All Grades69%83%76%74%83%78%
Lincoln County6th83%97%90%83%77%81%
9th84%86%85%86%86%86%
12th61%79%71%61%65%63%
All Grades76%87%82%75%75%75%
Lyon County6th82%86%84%78%81%79%
9th76%91%84%83%91%87%
12th67%86%76%66%82%76%
All Grades74%88%81%77%85%81%
McLeod County6th79%86%82%76%89%83%
9th83%85%84%77%88%82%
12th62%81%71%82%84%83%
All Grades76%84%80%79%87%83%
Mahnomen County6th67%70%69%74%76%75%
9th72%88%80%74%74%74%
12th63%94%74%50%68%59%
All Grades68%81%74%68%74%71%
Marshall County6th75%82%79%81%86%84%
9th73%87%80%76%91%84%
12th67%78%72%76%95%86%
All Grades71%83%77%78%91%85%
Martin County6th76%87%82%73%83%78%
9th75%85%80%78%86%82%
12th67%81%74%75%86%80%
All Grades73%85%79%75%85%80%
Meeker County6th80%87%84%75%84%79%
9th77%82%80%81%86%84%
12th66%76%71%69%87%78%
All Grades75%82%79%75%86%80%
Mille Lacs County6th81%80%81%70%78%74%
9th72%78%75%74%82%78%
12th61%77%70%60%81%72%
All Grades73%79%76%69%80%75%
Morrison County6th75%86%80%74%84%79%
9th73%79%77%70%76%73%
12th67%81%74%59%81%71%
All Grades72%82%77%68%80%74%
Mower County6th82%86%84%73%83%78%
9th81%87%84%85%84%84%
12th68%80%74%72%85%78%
All Grades78%85%81%76%84%80%
Murray County6thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Nicollet County6th85%85%85%N/AN/A72%
9th81%75%78%N/AN/A77%
12th69%79%74%N/AN/A77%
All Grades80%80%80%N/AN/AN/A
Nobles County6th73%84%79%77%81%79%
9th75%89%82%75%85%80%
12th54%74%65%73%91%82%
All Grades69%83%77%75%85%80%
Norman County6th65%94%77%78%78%78%
9th79%88%84%73%77%75%
12th73%85%79%71%88%77%
All Grades72%89%80%73%80%76%
Olmsted County6th83%85%84%81%84%82%
9th78%87%83%83%90%87%
12th68%83%76%74%84%80%
All Grades77%85%81%80%86%83%
Otter Tail County6th82%86%84%67%80%74%
9th76%85%80%77%82%80%
12th61%83%72%56%87%71%
All Grades74%85%79%67%83%75%
Pennington County6th71%92%80%N/AN/AN/A
9th81%81%81%N/AN/AN/A
12th68%87%79%N/AN/AN/A
All Grades74%86%80%N/AN/AN/A
Pine County6th75%83%79%72%76%74%
9th75%86%81%68%85%76%
12th62%82%73%73%85%79%
All Grades72%84%78%71%81%76%
Pipestone County6th70%69%70%N/AN/AN/A
9th82%78%80%N/AN/AN/A
12th67%80%73%N/AN/AN/A
All Grades73%77%75%N/AN/AN/A
Polk County6th81%79%80%85%86%85%
9th75%84%80%82%85%84%
12th72%82%77%64%79%71%
All Grades76%82%79%77%83%80%
Pope County6thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Ramsey County6th81%81%81%79%81%80%
9th79%87%83%81%87%84%
12th71%88%80%78%89%84%
All Grades78%85%82%79%86%83%
Red Lake County6th81%88%85%74%67%71%
9th75%91%82%88%85%86%
12th65%79%71%67%93%79%
All Grades74%87%80%75%81%78%
Redwood County6th64%80%72%74%81%77%
9th89%96%92%75%81%78%
12th60%81%70%70%91%78%
All Grades73%86%79%73%83%78%
Renville County6th82%84%83%73%82%77%
9th68%80%75%71%92%81%
12th60%74%68%64%88%76%
All Grades69%78%74%70%87%78%
Rice County6th81%84%83%79%84%81%
9th78%89%83%81%87%84%
12th61%93%79%77%87%82%
All Grades76%88%82%79%86%82%
Rock County6thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
12thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
All GradesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Roseau County6th81%80%81%81%88%84%
9th83%84%83%73%85%79%
12th70%90%80%62%83%71%
All Grades78%85%81%72%85%78%
St. Louis County6th81%86%83%75%81%78%
9th78%82%80%77%86%82%
12th68%85%76%66%82%74%
All Grades76%84%80%73%83%78%
Scott County6th84%90%87%82%86%84%
9th78%85%82%78%87%82%
12th69%81%75%66%83%75%
All Grades78%86%82%77%86%81%
Sherburne County6th81%83%82%80%83%82%
9th78%90%84%78%88%83%
12th71%85%78%70%85%77%
All Grades77%86%82%77%85%81%
Sibley County6th79%74%77%74%81%77%
9th81%81%81%74%77%76%
12th63%86%73%54%76%65%
All Grades74%81%77%68%78%73%
Stearns County6th81%87%84%76%83%80%
9th80%85%82%81%87%84%
12th62%83%73%71%82%76%
All Grades75%85%80%76%85%80%
Steele County6th81%81%81%75%81%78%
9th78%86%82%78%86%82%
12th72%85%79%69%86%78%
All Grades78%84%81%74%84%79%
Stevens County6th92%100%96%N/AN/A72%
9th76%88%83%N/AN/A78%
12th54%94%75%N/AN/A81%
All Grades76%94%85%N/AN/AN/A
Swift County6th81%90%85%76%87%81%
9th67%81%74%72%87%79%
12th66%83%75%60%89%75%
All Grades70%84%77%69%88%78%
Todd County6th80%81%80%71%73%72%
9th84%82%83%75%81%78%
12th73%93%82%70%85%78%
All Grades79%85%82%72%80%76%
Traverse County6thN/AN/A84%N/AN/A76%
9thN/AN/A79%N/AN/A74%
12thN/AN/A82%N/AN/A70%
All GradesN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
Wabasha County6th81%88%84%78%81%79%
9th77%86%81%84%89%87%
12th61%76%68%64%87%75%
All Grades73%83%78%75%86%80%
Wadena County6th85%87%86%75%78%77%
9th79%88%84%82%90%87%
12th70%93%81%70%81%77%
All Grades79%89%84%76%83%80%
Waseca County6th70%88%81%N/AN/A78%
9th80%83%82%N/AN/A78%
12th67%83%76%N/AN/A71%
All Grades73%85%80%N/AN/AN/A
Washington County6th85%87%86%80%86%83%
9th80%88%84%80%88%84%
12th68%84%76%72%86%80%
All Grades78%86%82%78%87%83%
Watonwan County6th75%79%77%74%78%76%
9th70%86%80%79%79%79%
12th59%82%70%78%78%78%
All Grades69%83%76%77%78%78%
Wilkin County6th80%85%82%81%85%83%
9th85%89%87%72%86%78%
12th71%90%81%67%84%76%
All Grades79%88%84%75%85%80%
Winona County6th82%81%81%72%80%76%
9th71%83%77%74%82%78%
12th66%83%75%68%89%78%
All Grades73%82%78%72%83%77%
Wright County6th82%86%84%79%82%80%
9th82%88%85%82%89%85%
12th72%82%77%66%86%76%
All Grades79%86%83%76%86%81%
Yellow Medicine County6th83%82%83%73%78%76%
9th69%82%76%78%84%81%
12th65%80%73%55%70%63%
All Grades72%82%77%68%78%73%

About the Indicator: <!--[if gte mso 9]> <w:WordDocument> <w:View>Normal</w:View> <w:Zoom>0</w:Zoom> <w:PunctuationKerning/> <w:ValidateAgainstSchemas/> <w:SaveIfXMLInvalid>false</w:SaveIfXMLInvalid> <w:IgnoreMixedContent>false</w:IgnoreMixedContent> <w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText>false</w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText> <w:Compatibility> <w:BreakWrappedTables/> <w:SnapToGridInCell/> <w:WrapTextWithPunct/> <w:UseAsianBreakRules/> <w:DontGrowAutofit/> </w:Compatibility> <w:BrowserLevel>MicrosoftInternetExplorer4</w:BrowserLevel> </w:WordDocument> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> <w:LatentStyles DefLockedState="false" LatentStyleCount="156"> </w:LatentStyles> <![endif]--> <!--[if gte mso 10]> <![endif]-->Students were asked specifically how much they thought people risked harming themselves physically or in other ways if they have 5 or more drinks of alcohol once or twice per week.  N/A indicates that the data are unavailable or were not collected. <o:p></o:p>

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.