Average Age at First Use of Other Drugs

Geographic Area:

All Counties (customize)

See this topic by Grade, Race and Gender

Years

to

Display By

Grade

Gender

Number of Average Age at Which Students Reported First Trying Drugs, Other Than Marijuana, All Available Years: by Grade, Gender, and County

20072010
MaleFemaleTotalMaleFemaleTotal
Minnesota6th111111111111
9th131313131313
12th151515151515
All Grades141414141414
Anoka County6th101010101010
9th131313131313
12th151515151515
All Grades141414131414
Becker County6th111010101010
9th131313131313
12th151515151615
All Grades141414131413
Beltrami County6th111011111212
9th131313131313
12th151415141414
All Grades131413131313
Benton County6th101110111011
9th121313121313
12th151515151515
All Grades131313131413
Big Stone County6thN/AN/AN/A121011
9thN/AN/AN/A111413
12thN/AN/AN/A161515
All GradesN/AN/AN/A141414
Blue Earth County6th111111101110
9th131313131313
12th151515161616
All Grades141414131414
Brown County6th101010101211
9th101412131413
12th161516151515
All Grades141313131514
Carlton County6th111010111111
9th141313131413
12th141514151615
All Grades131313131313
Carver County6th111111101110
9th131413131413
12th151615151615
All Grades141414141414
Cass County6th121212121111
9th121313131212
12th141514141414
All Grades131413131313
Chippewa County6th121112N/AN/AN/A
9th131313N/AN/AN/A
12th141514N/AN/AN/A
All Grades141414N/AN/AN/A
Chisago County6th111111111111
9th131413131313
12th151515151615
All Grades131414141414
Clay County6th111111111111
9th121313131313
12th151515151515
All Grades131313141414
Clearwater County6th101110101211
9th121212101413
12th171415141615
All Grades131212131313
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 County6th10101011N/A11
9th121212151314
12th161716151515
All Grades131212141414
Crow Wing County6th111111111111
9th131313131413
12th151515141515
All Grades131313131413
Dakota County6th111010111111
9th131313131313
12th151515151515
All Grades141414141414
Dodge County6th101111111111
9th131313141414
12th151515151515
All Grades141414141414
Douglas County6th121011101110
9th131313131313
12th151616161616
All Grades141414141414
Faribault County6th101010N/AN/AN/A
9th131313N/AN/AN/A
12th171516N/AN/AN/A
All Grades131414N/AN/AN/A
Fillmore County6th111011111111
9th131112141213
12th141615151715
All Grades131313141314
Freeborn County6th111111111111
9th141313131414
12th161616161716
All Grades141414141414
Goodhue County6th111011121011
9th131313151314
12th151415151515
All Grades141314151414
Grant County6th101111N/AN/AN/A
9th141313N/AN/AN/A
12th151615N/AN/AN/A
All Grades141514N/AN/AN/A
Hennepin County6th101111111111
9th131313131313
12th151515151515
All Grades141414141414
Houston County6th11101011N/A11
9th121413141314
12th171516151615
All Grades151515141515
Hubbard County6th111011101110
9th121313121413
12th161616131514
All Grades141414121413
Isanti County6th101110N/AN/AN/A
9th121313N/AN/AN/A
12th151615N/AN/AN/A
All Grades131313N/AN/AN/A
Itasca County6th111111111111
9th141313131313
12th161616151515
All Grades141414141414
Jackson County6thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
9th131413131213
12th161616161616
All Grades141615151515
Kanabec County6th12101110N/A10
9th121212131313
12th151615151615
All Grades141414131514
Kandiyohi County6th101111101110
9th121313121413
12th151616141615
All Grades131313131414
Kittson County6th10N/A10N/AN/AN/A
9thN/AN/AN/A111111
12th131715151515
All Grades121714141313
Koochiching County6thN/AN/AN/A12N/A12
9thN/AN/AN/A151314
12thN/AN/AN/A151616
All GradesN/AN/AN/A141515
Lac Qui Parle County6thN/AN/AN/A111111
9th141515111211
12th141615151616
All Grades141515121212
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 County6th111111111011
9th131313121413
12th141514151616
All Grades131313141414
Lincoln County6th12N/A12101010
9th141314151414
12th141012171717
All Grades141112151414
Lyon County6th111111111111
9th131313121312
12th151515161515
All Grades131414121413
McLeod County6th101110111010
9th131313141414
12th141514161516
All Grades131313141514
Mahnomen County6th111111101110
9th151314131414
12th15N/A15171717
All Grades141213121413
Marshall County6th10101010N/A10
9th121413131313
12th151515141614
All Grades121312131413
Martin County6th101010121011
9th121312121413
12th141615161616
All Grades131413141514
Meeker County6th101010101211
9th131313131313
12th161515151515
All Grades141414131514
Mille Lacs County6th111111111111
9th121313121313
12th151515141514
All Grades131313131313
Morrison County6th111010111011
9th131313131313
12th161515151515
All Grades131413141414
Mower County6th111011111111
9th131313131414
12th151515151615
All Grades141414141414
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 County6th11N/A11N/AN/AN/A
9th131413N/AN/AN/A
12th161516N/AN/AN/A
All Grades141414N/AN/AN/A
Nobles County6th111111111010
9th131313131212
12th141414151615
All Grades131313131213
Norman County6th111010111212
9thN/A1313131513
12th131615151716
All Grades121413141414
Olmsted County6th111011111111
9th131313131313
12th141615151515
All Grades131413131413
Otter Tail County6th111010111111
9th131313131413
12th151615141515
All Grades131414131313
Pennington County6th101010N/AN/AN/A
9th131313N/AN/AN/A
12th171415N/AN/AN/A
All Grades131313N/AN/AN/A
Pine County6th111111101111
9th121312131313
12th141514161616
All Grades121313141414
Pipestone County6th101010N/AN/AN/A
9th131413N/AN/AN/A
12th151615N/AN/AN/A
All Grades131514N/AN/AN/A
Polk County6th101110111111
9th141313131313
12th161616141615
All Grades141414141414
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 County6th111111111111
9th131313131313
12th151515151515
All Grades141414141414
Red Lake County6thN/AN/AN/AN/A1010
9th141414N/A1414
12th101613151615
All Grades121513151414
Redwood County6th111010111211
9th141313131413
12th141515161716
All Grades121413141414
Renville County6th10N/A10101111
9th141313121413
12th161616141313
All Grades151515131313
Rice County6th101110111111
9th131313141313
12th151615161515
All Grades141314141313
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 County6th101111101311
9th141314141314
12th151515161616
All Grades131414151415
St. Louis County6th111111111111
9th131313131313
12th151615151515
All Grades141414141414
Scott County6th101111101110
9th121313131414
12th151515151515
All Grades141414141414
Sherburne County6th101010111111
9th131313131413
12th151615151515
All Grades131414141414
Sibley County6th101010111111
9th131213131313
12th141414151615
All Grades131213131313
Stearns County6th111011101010
9th131313131413
12th141515151515
All Grades141414131414
Steele County6th111011111111
9th131313141414
12th151515161616
All Grades131313141414
Stevens County6th11N/A11N/AN/AN/A
9th141414N/AN/AN/A
12th161616N/AN/AN/A
All Grades141514N/AN/AN/A
Swift County6thN/AN/AN/AN/AN/AN/A
9th141414131513
12th151415161516
All Grades151414141514
Todd County6th101010111111
9th141314131414
12th131514141515
All Grades131313131313
Traverse 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
Wabasha County6th111011111111
9th131313121413
12th141515151515
All Grades141414141414
Wadena County6th10N/A10111010
9th111211141313
12th161415141414
All Grades141213141213
Waseca County6th111111N/AN/AN/A
9th131313N/AN/AN/A
12th151616N/AN/AN/A
All Grades141414N/AN/AN/A
Washington County6th111010111111
9th131313131313
12th161516161616
All Grades141414141414
Watonwan County6th11N/A11111211
9th131413141313
12th161616161415
All Grades131514141314
Wilkin County6th11N/A11101110
9th131313141213
12th15161516N/A16
All Grades131514141113
Winona County6th101010111011
9th131313121313
12th151515151615
All Grades141414131514
Wright County6th111111111010
9th131313131313
12th151515161616
All Grades141414141414
Yellow Medicine County6th10N/A10N/A1111
9th111312141414
12th131614141414
All Grades121413141313

About the Indicator: These data are valuable for planning and reporting purposes.  Some grantees are required to report age of first use as one their GPRA measures.  In addition, prevention planners may use data about age of first use as one factor in determining when to initiate prevention programs, policies, and practices.  N/A indicates that the data are unavailable or were not collected.

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.