The table below gives information about the percentage of workforce employed in six industries in Australia between 1989 and 2009. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The given table illustrates the proportion of employees in six industries, which are

Manufcturing

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Manufacturing

, Retail, Healthcare, Construction, Education and Tourism in 1989 and 2009. It is clear that in manufacturing and

retail

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retail,

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the

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of people employed decreased over the period,

whereas

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in all other given

industries

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industries,

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the

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of workers increased. The highest

percentage

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of workers (15%) worked in

manufacturing

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the manufacturing

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industry in 1989.

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proportion decreased by a third and reached a little below 10% in 2009. In retail, the

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of

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the workforce

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fell from 11.8 in 1989 to 10.1 in 2009. In healthcare, the

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of employees increased from 9.6 to 11.3. In construction, education and tourism the

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of workers increased from 7.6, 6.8 and 5.5 to 8.3, 7.5 and 7.3 respectively.

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,

manufacturing

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the manufacturing

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industry employed the maximum

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of people in 1989,

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healthcare employed the highest

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in 2009. In both these years, the least

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of people worked in the tourism industry.