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The graph below shows the reported number of cases of influenza in people over 60 in village in the UK between 1990 and 1999.

The graph below shows the reported number of cases of influenza in people over 60 in village in the UK between 1990 and 1999.
The line graph illustrates
the
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information about the
number
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 of elderly
people
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 who suffered from influenza in a village in the UK between 1985 and 1995.
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, the graph reveals a fluctuation with ups and
down
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,
while
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 the
number
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 of sick
people
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 had
been
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reached a peak. Moving to the details,
at
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 the beginning, 40
people
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 got ill and
then
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 it rose gradually. In 1987, there was a
decreses
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decrease
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 by nearly 48 individuals.
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, between 1988 and 1989, it shows a slight fluctuation. After 1989, the
number
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 of ill
person
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people
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 who suffered from influenza
,
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 reached its peak (approximately 75
people
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).
Afer
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 1991, it shows a downward trend with minimal fluctuations.
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, in 1994, there was a small a decrease
by
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 60 individuals. As is seen in the given line graph, the
number
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 of ill
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people
poeple
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people
 whose age is over 60, are suffered from fluenza had
become
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reached
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 its highest which was 60 individuals.

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Basic structure: Use less body paragraphs.
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Basic structure: Change the second paragraph.
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Basic structure: Change the tenth paragraph.
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Vocabulary: Replace the words number, people with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "graph" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "shows" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "number of" was used 4 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "reached" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the second paragraph.
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Vocabulary: Use several vocabularies to present the data in the tenth paragraph.
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Topic Vocabulary:
  • reported cases
  • influenza
  • over 65
  • decade
  • peak
  • trough
  • trend
  • seasonal variations
  • fluctuations
  • vaccine availability
  • public health interventions
  • analysis
  • significant
  • population trends
  • data
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