The above graphs provide important insights into the 
overall
 trend of Linking Words
marriages
, divorces and various other marital Use synonyms
status
 of adult Americans in 1970-2000. 
In regards to Change the wording
statuses
number
 of Change the article
a number
the number
marriages
 and divorces in the USA graph, beginning with Use synonyms
Use synonyms
marriages
 numbers, the numbers above Change the noun form
marriage
illustrates
 a slow yet steady decline, Change the verb form
illustrate
however
, divorces stayed the same in terms of numbers at around 1 million. That being said, the percentage of divorced Americans Linking Words
have
 increased Correct subject-verb agreement
has
due to
 the drop in new Linking Words
marriages
. 
In the second graph, American people Use synonyms
staying
 single by either never getting married, or Wrong verb form
stay
reported
 as divorced. Regarding widowed status, it stayed the same Wrong verb form
reporting
30
 yearsChange preposition
for 30
 apart
.Rephrase
apply