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The graph below shows the percentage of workers from five different European countries that were absent for a day or more due to illness from 1991 to 2001.

The graph below shows the percentage of workers from five different European countries that were absent for a day or more due to illness from 1991 to 2001.
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The line graph illustrates the percentages of employees in five European countries who were absent for a day or more
due to
 sickness between 1991 and 2001.
Overall
,
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the Netherland’s
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Netherland’s
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Netherlands’s
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trend
 was predominant
in
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all year, except for the first
one
. The figures of
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the Netherland
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Netherland
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Netherlands
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 and Sweden each experienced an increase, with the difference being that the former country’s
figure
 dipped in the middle of the
period
,
while
 that of the latter
one
 showed consistent growth. The trends of the remaining countries, namely
UK
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the UK
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, Germany, and France, all remained virtually stable, except for France’s, which declined steadily in the first half of the
period
. In 1991, just under 5% of workers from
Netherlands
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the Netherlands
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 were absent
at
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from
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 work
due to
 being ill.
Next
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The next
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 year, the number increased to about 5,5%, but started declining steadily in 1993, reaching a point
od
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of
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 about 4% in 1996.
This
 was followed by an increase
by
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of
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 almost 1% in 1997, and
then
further
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a further
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 rise; by the end of the
period
, the
figure
 stood at nearly 6%. Sweden’s
trend
 remained almost unchanged in the first five years, fluctuating between just under and just above 3%. From 1996, the
figure
 grew to about 3,2%, and
then
 to 3,5% in 1997. The
trend
 experienced consistent growth
further
 in the
period
, reaching a point of approximately 5,5% by 2001. France, whose percentage was
initially
 the highest, showed a significant decline in its
figure
. In
details
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detail
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, it started
with
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at
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 about 5%, and went up slightly in 1992; but in the next
year
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year,
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 it dipped by almost 1%, and continued declining until 1996
,
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 when its
figure
 had reached a point just above 3%. The number remained completely unchanged for the rest of the
period
. As for the remaining countries, namely
UK
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the UK
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 and Germany, their trends experienced only slight changes. The
figure
of
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for
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 the former
one
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fluctuated between 2% and just above 2% over the
period
, increasing from 2% in 1991 to about 2,3% in 2001. The
trend
 of the latter
one
 fluctuated from 2% to just below it all over the
period
, showing a minor decline
by
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of
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 approximately 0,3%
at the end
 of the
period
.
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Linking words: Don't use the same linking words: "due to, further".
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Common mistake: Your writing should be 150-250 words.
Vocabulary: Replace the words trend, one, figure, period with synonyms.
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Vocabulary: The word "figures" was used 7 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "showed" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "percentages" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "trend" was used 6 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "declined" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "dipped" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "growth" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "increase" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "remained" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "unchanged" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "fluctuated" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "approximately" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "almost" was used 3 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "about" was used 5 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "just under" was used 2 times.
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Vocabulary: The word "slightly" was used 2 times.
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