The line graph show the average number of weekly patients visiting four clinics of a hospital from 2010 to 2016.

The line graph presents the weekly average of patients attending four hospital polyclinics between 2010 and 2016, measured per week and average.

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, eye, diabetic, and dental clinics experienced an increase, with the eye clinic recording the largest rise. Meanwhile, birth control considerably fluctuated throughout the period. The number of patients at the birth control service rose from just under 250 in 2010 to approximately 275 in 2012, making it the highest level in the first two years.

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dropped sharply by about 100 over two years, standing at 175 in 2014, before rebounding to nearly 250 in the final year.

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, the eye department consistently saw an upward trend, peaking at 350 in 2016,

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its growth slowed before 2012.

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, the dental clinic fluctuated slightly during 2010-2014, ranging from 50 to 125, before remaining stable. Meanwhile, the diabetic unit climbed marginally over the next two years to roughly 90 in 2012 and

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remained steady

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until 2014.

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number surpassed that of the dental service to around 175 by the end of the period.