The line chart illustrates the number of participants in 4 kinds of sports including rugby, tennis, basketball, and badminton in a particular area from 1985 to 2005. Overall, while the figure for rugby and badminton decreased, there was an increase in that for tennis. However, the number of people engaged in basketball remained unchanged.
Regarding categories that experienced a decrease, rugby recorded the largest number of participants at slightly under 250 individuals in 1985, whereas the reverse pattern could be seen in badminton, at around 55. After that, the data for rugby witnessed a moderate decrease to 200 in 1995 before dropping considerably to 50 in the last year, making it the lowest data. However, the figure for badminton dropped slightly to slightly under 50 participants in 1990 before recovering to 50 in 1995 and stayed unchanged in the last year, sharing the lowest position with rugby.
Concerning tennis and basketball, The data for tennis ranked second at 150 people, followed by basketball at about 90 in the first. Then, the former increased dramatically to roughly 220, surpassing rugby to take the lead, whereas the latter remained significantly unchanged in the last year despite a mild drop to about 80 in 1990.
