Band 6+: The graph below gives information about how teenagers (aged 12-19) in one state in the US communicated with each other. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph compares the percentage of how teenagers used four different communication approaches in one state of the USA from 2006 to 2009.

Overall, there was a significant difference between the percentage of teenagers using text messages and email. While text messages were the most popular way of communicating, email was less used by young adults throughout the given period.

In 2006, the percentage of teenagers using email was nearly 15% then in the next year, it increased slightly to around 18% before reaching the lowest point at 10% in 2009. In contrast, the proportion of young adults using text messages was approximately 28% in 2006 then in the following year, it increased significantly to around 38% before reaching the peak at around 55%.

As can be seen from the graph, there was an upward trend in the proportion of teenagers using calls on cell phones. Particularly, in 2006 there was around 34% of teenagers calling on phones and it went up gradually until reaching the second peak at around 40% in 2009. Lastly, the percentage of teenagers talking face to face was at 32% in 2006, one year later, it increased to 40% before Slowly decreasing until it reached the final point at around 33% despite a small drop by 10% in 2008.