The graph compares the rate of smoking in men and women in Someland between the years 1960 and 2000. Write a report for a university lecturer describing the information in the graph below.

The graph compares the

rate

of smoking in

men

and

women

in Someland between the years 1960 and 2000. It can be clearly seen that the

rate

of smoking for both

men

and

women

is currently declining and that fewer

women

have smoked throughout the period. In 1960, 600

men

in every 1,000

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smoking.

This

number decreased gradually to 500 by 1974 and continued to decrease but more steeply to 250 in 2000.

In contrast

, the

rate

of smoking in

women

in 1960 was very low at only 80 in every 1,000. By 1968

this

increased to 170, and increased again but more steeply to 320 in 1977. The

rate

of female smokers

then

remained stable at 320 until 1984 at which point the figures began to decline and

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dropped to 200 by 2000. In

conclusion

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we can see that the

rate

of smoking in

men

dropped throughout the whole period but was always at a higher level than the female figures. The

rate

of smoking in

women

increased until 1977 but

then

decreased for the rest of the period.