The chart below give information about USA marriage and divorce rates between 1970 to 2000 and the marital status of adult Americans in two of the years. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features and make comparisons where relevant.

The given bar charts illustrate the number of marriages and divorces in America during the period of 30 years and the marital status of elderly citizens in 1970 and 2000.

Overall

, it is clear from the figure that, in 1970, the

amount

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of marriages was significantly high at 2.5

million

,

while

the index of divorces was the lowest, representing 1

million

.

Additionally

, the highest percentage of married adults was 70% in 1970,

whereas

the indicator of divorced Americans was only approximately 3% during that year.

According to

the statistics of the first bar graph, the marriage rate in 1970 and

in

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1980 remained steady at 2.5

million

people.

However

,

this

indicator decreased slightly to 2

million

in 2000.

Additionally

, the maximum number of divorces in the USA was almost 1.5

million

in the year 1980,

while

the rate diminished to 0.3

million

after the period of 10 years. The lowest divorce number was recorded in 1970 and 2000, estimating 1

million

Americans.