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➢ In the year 1996, data was collected for the incidence of flu in a large country town, which is presented in the following illustration. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

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The given line graph illustrates the
number
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 of
flu
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cases
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 in men and
women
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 in the towns of a large country in the year 1996. The unit is measured in numbers. The
overall
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 impression of the chart is that
female
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females
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 got more infected by
flu
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then
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 their counterparts male. But both male and female reached their apex in the month of June. As per the visual representation, roughly 1000
women
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 got infected by
flu
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 in March and the
number
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 rose drastically to the point where 3000
women
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 got infected
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 two months.
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,
flu
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cases
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 in
women
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 peaked at 3500 by June before dropping to 2500 in September.
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this
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 the
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 got somewhat stabilized for
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the rest
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 of the year.
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, the
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 of males affected by
flu
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 in the month of
march
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were
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 exactly
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apply
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half of the
case
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cases
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 registered in
women
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. But
eventually
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eventually,
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 the
number
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 surged and reached 2000 bar by the month of May.
Flu
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cases
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 in
male
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males
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 reached its pinnacle in June
where
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when
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 almost 2600
cases
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 were registered.
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,
after
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this
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 stage numbers started to shrink before getting stagnate in November.

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coherence cohesion
The essay has a clear structure, with an introduction, body paragraphs, and a concluding statement highlighting the apex of the flu cases in June for both genders.
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The response effectively summarizes the data and provides relevant comparisons where appropriate.

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    • Sentence 3 - Thesis
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
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    • Sentence 3 - Discussion
    • Sentence 4 - Conclusion
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    • Sentence 1 - Topic sentence
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