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[[File:Flag of Denmark.png|right|200px|thumbnail|"Denmark has one of the highest alcohol consumption rates in Northern Europe."<ref>[http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-230X/8/3  ''BMC Gastroenterology'', ''Alcoholic cirrhosis in Denmark – population-based incidence, prevalence, and hospitalization rates between 1988 and 2005: A descriptive cohort study''], ''BMC Gastroenterology'',  2008</ref>  As a result, there is risk of increased morbidity and mortality in the population."<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3208969/ ''Acceptance and expectance: Cultural norms for alcohol use in Denmark'']</ref>]]

In 2005, [[Denmark]] was ranked the third most [[atheism|atheist]]ic country in the world and the website adherents.com reported that in 2005 43 - 80% of Danes are [[agnosticism|agnostics]]/atheists/non-believers in God.<ref>[http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html Top 50 Countries With Highest Proportion of Atheists / Agnostics(Zuckerman, 2005)]</ref>  Denmark has the highest rate of belief in [[evolution]] in the [[Western World]].<ref>[http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/bigphotos/21329204.html Photo: Evolution Less Accepted in U.S. Than Other Western Countries, Study Finds]</ref> 

The Danish news organization Jyllands-Posten wrote in 2011:
{{cquote|Denmark has been criticised for its dangerously high rates of teen drinking in a new [[World Health Organization|World Health Organisation]] (WHO) report.

The report presents the drinking habits of Europeans on a nation-by-nation basis and makes specific policy recommendations to countries – like Denmark – where high alcohol consumption is linked to high rates of disease and alcohol-related accidents.

In respect to Denmark, WHO researchers worried especially about how early Danes begin drinking and how much they drink. The latest studies show that on average Danish youth drink nearly twice as much alcohol as other Europeans their age.<ref>[http://jyllands-posten.dk/uknews/ECE4578404/WHO+concerned+about+Danish+kids%E2%80%99+drinking+habits/ WHO concerned about Danish kids’ drinking habits],  Jyllands-Posten, News in English 22.09.2011 kl. 14:36</ref>}}

In 2008, a medical journal article entitled ''Alcoholic cirrhosis in Denmark – population-based incidence, prevalence, and hospitalization rates between 1988 and 2005: A descriptive cohort study'' reported that "Denmark has one of the highest alcohol consumption rates in Northern Europe."<ref>[http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-230X/8/3  ''BMC Gastroenterology'', ''Alcoholic cirrhosis in Denmark – population-based incidence, prevalence, and hospitalization rates between 1988 and 2005: A descriptive cohort study''], ''BMC Gastroenterology'',  2008</ref>

The abstract for the medical journal article ''Acceptance and expectance: Cultural norms for alcohol use in Denmark'' which was published in 2011 indicates: "Alcohol consumption levels in [[Denmark]] are high with the risk of increased morbidity and mortality in the population."<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3208969/ ''Acceptance and expectance: Cultural norms for alcohol use in Denmark'']</ref>

== See also ==

*[[Atheism and alcoholism]]
*[[Atheism and health]]

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