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Last updated: 30 January 2023

Alcohol misuse means drinking in excess and unsafely.

It has the highest risk factor for death, ill-health and disability among 15-49 year-olds in the UK, and the 5th biggest risk factor across all ages.

In Waltham Forest, there were 370 deaths related to alcohol between 2007 and 2017.