The graph below shows the number of complaints made about noise to Environmental Health authorities in the city of Newtown between 1980 and 1996. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph illustrates how many people complained about four kinds of

noise

pollution( road works,

factories

,

traffic

noise

, domestic) in the city of Newtown to Environmental Health authorities from 1980 to 1996.

Overall

, the proportion of

complaints

because of the road works is the highest,

while

fewer citizens complained about the

noise

made by households.

Moreover

, the rates of

complaints

due to

factories

and

traffic

didn't fluctuate too much during the period. In 1980, about 500 people were not happy with the

noise

caused by road construction, and the figure didn't change until it experienced a slight drop in 1986,

which

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around 400 people were annoyed by it.

However

, from 1988 to 1996, the number skyrocketed to 1200

complaints

.

On the other hand

, the trend of the figure for the

complaints

is opposite, which about 650

complaints

were

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received in 1980, but only 100

complaints

were received in 1996.  The Environmental Health authorities collected the numbers about the

complaints

of the

noise

made by

traffic

and

factories

about 300 and 400 respectively.

Factories

were reported the most in 1990 with about 800

complaints

,

while

the number of

traffic

noise

complaints

reached its lowest point at 200.

However

, they got almost the same number of

complaints

in 1996 (600).