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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

200720102013201620192022
FemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotalFemaleMaleTotal
Minnesota9th86.6%78.6%82.8%86.7%80.3%83.6%79.5%71.2%75.5%77.6%68.3%73.0%76.5%67.7%72.3%70.0%61.5%65.9%
Aitkin County9th80.0%81.0%80.5%79.3%74.6%76.8%60.0%53.4%56.9%63.2%51.1%57.8%79.4%60.0%70.3%66.7%43.8%55.9%
Anoka County9th88.5%80.3%84.7%86.9%81.2%84.1%79.5%71.7%75.8%77.9%71.3%74.7%76.5%69.5%73.3%71.0%58.3%65.1%
Becker County9th88.2%76.4%82.8%88.7%74.8%81.8%71.1%71.6%71.4%73.2%56.3%65.0%71.2%73.5%72.3%66.4%53.7%59.2%
Beltrami County9th82.0%68.1%75.3%84.4%73.7%79.2%70.6%61.4%65.8%77.5%62.9%69.8%71.7%62.8%67.5%63.0%60.0%61.1%
Benton County9th81.3%78.9%80.2%90.3%83.2%86.9%82.4%73.9%78.1%73.3%61.7%67.4%82.0%64.3%73.3%71.8%63.7%68.2%
Big Stone County9thN/AN/AN/A72.0%78.4%75.8%70.0%75.8%73.0%******61.5%46.2%53.8%
Blue Earth County9th82.4%76.0%79.2%86.8%73.2%80.8%79.7%69.1%74.3%79.4%68.7%74.1%80.4%74.9%77.5%70.8%67.4%69.1%
Brown County9th87.5%78.3%83.0%85.6%80.0%82.7%77.2%61.8%70.0%75.9%59.2%67.1%67.5%60.0%63.9%65.1%61.5%63.2%
Carlton County9th87.1%76.9%82.2%84.7%80.9%82.7%81.1%72.9%77.2%76.3%62.1%68.9%78.9%71.2%75.1%66.9%62.9%64.9%
Carver County9th87.9%78.1%83.0%90.7%83.2%86.9%80.8%75.8%78.5%77.4%70.6%74.1%78.7%69.3%74.8%67.4%55.3%61.7%
Cass County9th88.3%75.0%82.1%78.4%78.9%78.6%69.8%59.3%64.5%58.3%52.4%55.3%64.0%61.1%62.6%60.0%48.8%53.9%
Chippewa County9th83.5%78.0%81.0%N/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A***83.3%56.0%69.4%52.4%50.0%51.4%
Chisago County9th78.9%67.0%73.2%78.4%70.8%75.0%75.5%73.5%74.5%***73.5%64.2%69.3%67.8%63.4%65.3%
Clay County9th87.6%77.4%82.2%84.3%77.4%80.8%76.9%69.6%73.3%81.5%69.8%75.2%74.8%65.8%70.7%73.6%61.7%67.7%
Clearwater County9th75.0%77.8%76.3%84.6%69.6%77.6%84.6%60.4%70.7%78.6%59.7%67.3%******
Cook County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A71.4%61.1%66.7%*****71.4%61.5%38.5%50.0%
Cottonwood County9th79.5%78.9%79.2%86.0%79.6%82.8%78.0%70.0%73.6%69.6%41.3%55.4%67.7%61.2%64.0%77.6%55.2%65.4%
Crow Wing County9th88.0%71.3%79.9%83.9%70.0%77.7%81.3%83.8%82.5%***82.7%69.9%76.2%68.9%59.3%64.6%
Dakota County9th89.2%80.9%85.2%87.8%83.1%85.6%81.2%75.1%78.2%79.5%70.9%75.3%79.3%71.1%75.3%72.1%64.6%68.6%
Dodge County9th83.1%83.6%83.3%84.2%80.0%82.0%69.6%65.6%67.7%67.5%65.8%66.7%78.4%48.5%63.3%69.6%53.1%61.8%
Douglas County9th83.6%84.7%84.2%87.2%77.1%82.2%83.8%69.2%76.0%78.9%66.0%72.5%78.2%70.8%74.8%68.7%54.8%62.3%
Faribault County9th89.9%74.7%82.5%N/AN/AN/A79.2%71.0%75.4%68.2%52.8%59.8%66.7%46.9%57.8%61.9%49.2%55.6%
Fillmore County9th83.5%66.3%74.8%80.3%81.0%80.7%79.6%58.2%68.8%76.1%64.6%70.6%***61.0%63.6%62.2%
Freeborn County9th86.6%73.1%80.6%81.0%90.8%85.7%68.0%60.7%65.2%62.6%55.6%58.9%72.4%63.1%67.8%72.0%69.7%70.9%
Goodhue County9th85.7%77.9%81.9%81.4%75.2%78.4%81.5%64.3%72.7%66.7%44.6%55.1%**47.5%62.1%60.7%61.3%
Grant County9th91.2%78.1%84.8%N/AN/AN/A80.0%42.3%63.9%80.6%58.8%69.2%86.7%59.4%72.6%51.4%44.4%48.4%
Hennepin County9th88.7%81.0%85.1%89.0%84.4%86.8%84.7%78.4%81.6%80.0%73.5%76.8%79.4%72.9%76.3%73.4%67.4%70.6%
Houston County9th83.6%70.1%77.5%85.7%75.5%80.6%72.6%60.0%66.7%68.3%57.1%62.0%72.7%65.5%69.6%64.2%47.0%55.0%
Hubbard County9th70.8%66.7%68.4%74.0%67.1%70.4%82.8%60.0%73.4%66.7%42.0%55.8%69.6%49.1%61.4%60.0%43.5%52.3%
Isanti County9th85.5%74.3%80.0%N/AN/AN/A78.0%66.0%72.0%78.5%67.1%73.0%74.3%69.1%71.9%65.5%61.2%63.3%
Itasca County9th76.3%76.1%76.2%86.5%83.3%84.9%76.9%59.6%68.2%66.0%53.9%60.3%77.5%67.7%73.3%70.0%58.1%65.1%
Jackson County9th89.4%77.1%83.2%92.5%84.0%87.8%84.4%57.9%69.6%51.2%57.5%54.2%64.9%56.9%59.8%60.0%36.1%47.9%
Kanabec County9th80.8%70.0%75.3%81.7%71.1%75.7%67.1%57.6%62.8%69.0%55.1%61.7%67.2%60.0%63.5%74.6%45.0%60.2%
Kandiyohi County9th91.1%78.5%84.7%91.4%89.6%90.4%72.0%72.5%72.2%76.7%62.7%69.6%72.9%62.9%67.8%61.5%52.6%57.2%
Kittson County9th100.0%92.9%95.7%90.0%75.9%81.6%80.0%74.1%77.2%66.7%50.0%58.8%**75.0%***
Koochiching County9thN/AN/AN/A87.0%71.4%78.9%58.8%65.6%62.1%*****70.8%63.0%61.3%62.1%
Lac Qui Parle County9th82.1%79.2%80.8%84.9%74.0%79.6%65.7%62.8%64.1%75.7%80.6%78.1%81.5%73.8%76.8%70.3%56.9%62.5%
Lake County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A71.2%82.1%74.7%***77.1%70.2%73.2%***
Lake of the Woods County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A91.7%77.8%85.7%*****64.9%82.4%64.3%74.2%
Le Sueur County9th83.8%74.4%79.4%83.2%75.0%79.6%81.4%69.0%75.2%76.5%69.0%72.5%66.7%55.4%61.4%65.4%52.7%59.5%
Lincoln County9th86.5%83.7%85.0%86.2%85.7%86.0%66.7%79.2%74.4%*****69.2%65.2%25.0%46.5%
Lyon County9th90.7%75.7%84.1%91.2%83.2%87.3%75.7%65.8%70.6%73.8%60.6%67.0%80.8%61.2%71.3%80.3%69.9%74.6%
McLeod County9th84.7%83.3%84.0%87.5%77.2%82.3%88.9%85.7%87.5%******61.5%66.7%64.5%
Mahnomen County9th87.5%72.2%80.3%74.1%73.9%74.0%63.0%62.5%62.7%64.5%57.1%60.6%47.1%70.6%58.8%***
Marshall County9th86.7%72.5%80.0%91.1%76.0%84.0%81.1%71.4%76.8%70.0%58.1%64.8%**75.0%***
Martin County9th85.3%75.0%80.2%86.1%78.4%82.0%79.6%65.1%71.8%***70.5%41.2%59.7%66.7%58.7%63.3%
Meeker County9th82.3%77.0%79.8%86.4%81.4%83.9%78.0%60.0%68.4%73.8%61.1%67.1%**62.3%69.0%45.5%56.5%
Mille Lacs County9th77.9%71.6%74.9%81.5%74.4%78.5%76.5%71.0%73.7%72.1%54.8%64.0%76.2%59.0%68.4%64.1%52.0%58.8%
Morrison County9th79.4%73.0%76.5%76.3%70.3%73.1%78.9%64.0%71.3%74.7%63.0%68.6%66.7%49.3%58.3%53.3%47.4%50.0%
Mower County9th87.0%81.3%84.2%83.7%84.6%84.1%85.2%72.1%79.0%81.5%70.7%76.0%76.5%73.6%75.2%70.9%66.4%68.5%
Murray County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A79.4%71.4%75.4%82.9%66.7%74.0%61.8%62.5%62.1%55.9%53.8%55.0%
Nicollet County9th74.6%81.3%78.0%N/AN/AN/A76.4%75.8%76.1%***70.6%44.1%58.3%58.1%53.6%55.8%
Nobles County9th89.0%74.7%82.5%84.7%74.8%80.1%66.7%61.3%64.0%58.4%65.0%62.1%68.4%66.7%67.6%***
Norman County9th88.2%79.5%83.6%77.4%72.7%74.7%84.6%72.2%78.7%82.8%74.2%78.3%******
Olmsted County9th86.8%77.9%82.7%89.5%83.2%86.8%72.6%66.4%69.5%79.1%66.1%73.1%76.4%67.1%72.0%69.2%58.3%64.0%
Otter Tail County9th84.8%75.8%80.5%82.0%77.5%79.6%77.2%68.4%72.9%71.2%62.7%67.0%73.1%59.1%66.7%62.1%69.1%65.5%
Pennington County9th81.3%81.2%81.3%N/AN/AN/A78.3%71.6%74.8%***71.4%61.8%66.1%64.4%50.9%58.9%
Pine County9th85.9%75.3%80.6%84.6%68.1%76.3%69.0%59.1%64.4%74.6%58.7%66.5%66.4%58.2%62.3%45.7%41.9%43.6%
Pipestone County9th78.1%82.0%79.8%N/AN/AN/A82.8%75.9%79.3%*****59.6%57.9%52.2%54.8%
Polk County9th84.1%75.2%79.7%85.1%81.8%83.5%77.7%68.8%73.6%72.7%67.4%69.9%68.7%61.8%65.3%66.7%66.7%66.7%
Pope County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A80.6%75.6%77.6%88.0%70.0%78.2%83.3%65.5%74.6%***
Ramsey County9th87.3%78.6%83.3%87.2%81.1%84.2%78.8%70.2%74.6%79.4%71.5%75.7%74.8%70.1%72.5%73.6%64.3%69.0%
Red Lake County9th90.9%75.0%82.0%84.6%87.5%85.7%77.8%68.8%72.9%66.7%65.2%65.9%71.4%44.0%58.5%57.1%52.6%53.8%
Redwood County9th95.8%88.6%92.1%80.5%74.6%77.8%74.5%62.9%68.1%75.4%61.7%68.8%76.5%59.4%68.2%71.0%50.0%58.7%
Renville County9th80.0%67.6%74.7%92.5%71.4%81.0%100.0%63.6%82.6%79.2%67.5%74.2%71.1%77.5%74.4%61.2%46.0%53.5%
Rice County9th88.6%78.3%83.4%86.9%81.3%83.9%82.6%78.9%80.7%83.9%76.6%80.3%77.7%66.8%72.1%76.2%67.3%72.5%
Rock County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A94.3%82.9%88.6%***81.8%59.6%68.8%***
Roseau County9th84.2%82.8%83.4%84.8%73.3%79.1%88.9%66.7%78.0%76.5%63.2%69.4%79.1%67.6%73.0%48.0%70.0%60.0%
St. Louis County9th82.0%77.5%79.8%86.4%77.1%81.9%79.2%67.6%73.6%77.4%67.0%72.2%72.8%65.4%69.3%69.1%56.6%63.0%
Scott County9th85.0%78.4%81.8%86.6%77.9%82.4%79.6%74.6%77.1%77.9%70.0%73.8%76.8%67.3%72.0%69.3%64.0%66.7%
Sherburne County9th89.6%77.9%83.8%88.0%77.9%83.4%80.8%70.2%75.7%77.1%70.7%73.9%76.9%69.4%73.4%67.3%61.6%64.7%
Sibley County9th80.8%80.6%80.7%77.0%74.2%75.6%68.6%68.4%68.5%70.9%51.0%61.5%65.6%63.9%64.8%59.6%45.8%53.0%
Stearns County9th85.0%79.7%82.4%87.1%80.6%84.0%78.2%70.3%74.2%76.4%65.9%71.2%77.5%62.1%70.6%70.1%56.9%63.8%
Steele County9th86.1%77.9%82.1%86.4%78.1%82.2%79.2%73.9%76.6%80.7%70.8%75.6%79.8%59.8%69.7%68.6%43.4%58.6%
Stevens County9th88.4%75.8%82.9%N/AN/AN/A78.8%70.8%74.1%85.3%66.7%75.0%**55.6%66.7%57.6%62.3%
Swift County9th80.7%66.7%73.9%86.8%71.7%78.6%63.0%61.5%62.3%*********
Todd County9th82.1%83.9%83.0%80.6%75.5%78.1%72.2%60.7%67.3%70.1%68.7%69.4%74.5%54.7%64.8%48.1%48.6%48.4%
Traverse County9thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A81.8%83.3%82.6%*****85.2%***
Wabasha County9th85.6%77.4%81.5%89.2%84.2%86.8%80.6%69.8%75.5%76.8%57.4%67.9%73.9%59.8%67.2%72.8%51.3%62.3%
Wadena County9th87.6%79.2%84.2%90.3%82.5%86.8%84.9%66.7%77.0%77.5%65.1%71.6%75.9%73.7%74.8%75.8%59.6%68.8%
Waseca County9th83.3%80.4%81.8%N/AN/AN/A81.3%71.4%76.0%76.5%67.6%72.0%70.2%61.7%65.7%65.5%57.1%61.2%
Washington County9th88.1%80.1%84.2%87.8%80.4%84.2%79.9%71.3%75.6%80.0%72.2%76.3%79.4%70.6%75.1%73.9%69.3%71.7%
Watonwan County9th86.3%70.0%79.7%79.4%78.8%79.1%78.6%57.6%69.3%62.7%45.6%54.1%68.8%62.7%65.7%54.5%36.4%46.8%
Wilkin County9th89.1%85.4%87.4%85.7%72.2%78.1%83.3%60.0%74.4%73.0%57.4%64.3%**72.3%66.7%58.3%62.5%
Winona County9th83.4%70.9%77.2%82.2%74.4%78.4%76.1%67.0%71.6%78.5%69.2%73.8%71.0%60.0%65.4%67.8%57.7%62.2%
Wright County9th88.5%82.1%85.4%89.0%81.7%85.3%80.3%70.8%75.5%80.6%70.0%75.3%76.8%68.7%72.9%74.4%63.1%68.8%
Yellow Medicine County9th82.3%69.4%75.8%84.2%77.8%81.1%64.9%69.8%67.5%81.6%60.5%70.4%74.5%50.0%64.0%60.0%52.5%56.7%

About the Indicator:

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. "*" indicates the data are unreliable as a result of small sample sizes or other reasons.

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.