The bar chart below shows current health expenditure totals as percentages of GDP* for various European countries for the years 2002, 2007 and 2012. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The bar chart below shows current health expenditure totals as percentages of GDP* for various European countries for the years 2002, 2007 and 2012.

Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.
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The bar chart illustrates the medical costs with the
ratio
of GDP, in 12
Eruropean
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European
country
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countries
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for the years 2002,20007 and 2012.
Overall
,
Switzerland
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Switzerland's
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health consumption is the highest rate.
On the other
hand
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Estonia has the lowest amount of
ratio
. Belgium, Estonia, Spain and Switzerland's
ratio
is always stay steady
in
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every 5 years. Switzerland has the highest
ratio
, just above 10
percentage
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per cent
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and
Estania
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Estonia
has the lowest percentage rate with nearly 2. In 2002 and 2007, Denmark,
Lithunia
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Lithuania
, Norway, Poland and Slovenia expenditure rates stayed
same
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the same
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,
however
in all
that
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those
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counties
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countries
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costs of health increased.
While
others
are
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increased in 2012 Luxembourg decreased.France has no pattern, it is
fluactuated
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fluctuated
.
I
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In
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n
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the
Netherlands
in
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every
fives
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five
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years rates of cost
raised
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have risen
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.
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Common mistake: Your writing should be 150-250 words.
Vocabulary: Replace the words ratio with synonyms.
Vocabulary: The word "percentage" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "ratio" was used 4 times.
Vocabulary: The word "increased" was used 2 times.
Vocabulary: The word "stay" was used 2 times.
Topic Vocabulary:
  • Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
  • expenditure
  • percentage
  • trend
  • increase
  • decrease
  • comparison
  • notable
  • pattern
  • exceptional
  • deviation
  • neighbouring countries
  • economic policies
  • public health
  • data analysis
  • statistical comparison
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