The graph below gives information about U.S. government spending on research between 1980 and 2008.

The line graph illustrates how much money was allocated for 4 different majors by the US government from 1980 to 2008.

Overall

, it is noticeable that the expenditure on health was the highest

while

the reverse was true for general science,

while

all majors witnessed a fluctuation over the

period

. In detail, starting at 8

billion

in 1980 the figure for Heath surged to reach a peak at 22

billion

in 2004, before falling to under 19

billion

in 2008.

While

the expenditure of the US government for Space increased slightly from over 5

billion

to under 10

billion

between 2980 and 2008, a similar trend was seen in the figure for general science that went up gradually by 2.5

billion

to reach 5

billion

at the end

of the

period

. There was a

period

of stability experienced in the amount of money allocated for energy between 1980 and 1992

then

this

figure fluctuated around 5

billion

and 7

billion

.

In addition

, the US government spent

their

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budget on the other was drop over the

period

which started at 7.5

billion

and

at the end

of

the

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5

billion

.