Band 5+: The pie charts below show the leading causes of insomnia, in percentages, as reported by two groups of people. The people in group A were between the ages of 20 and 40 and those in group B were between 60 and 80. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The illustration shows the common causes of insomnia in two different age groups.

Overall, these two diagrams have similar causes, including ill health in the group B and stress in the group A as the most outstanding reasons.

The first pie chart illustrates that in the group age from 20 to 40 the most significant root of insomnia is stress with 40%. It is related to the number of work, and pressure that young people faces every day. In addition, this is a reason 29% of drinks and caffeine. These two factors together are taking approximately 70% of all reasons. Then depression and environmental factors both contribute 20% and the remaining 10% is medication and ill health.

The second chart shows that in the group age between 60 and 80 ill health is the most common cause with 31%. Comparing with the first diagram it has equal percentage of environmental factors, however other differs from it. On the contrary stress is the rarest reason with 8%, and the second highest is medication with 20%. Then depression and drinks together take up to 31%.