The line chart illustrates the U.S government spending on research from 1980 to 2008.
As can be seen from the graph, there was a similar upward trend in health and space, while energy, general science and other experienced a contrasting movement over the given period.
In the first years of the period, the number of US government research on health was the highest at approximately 20, which was followed by the figure for general science and other equally at about 5. From 1980 and 1984,the number of US government research on health was slightly decreased, at about 15, which was followed by the figure for space and other was equally dropped, at about 5 while energy and general science equally remained stable at about 5 and virtually 2,5 respectively.
Between 1984 and 1988, the number of US government research on health and general science grew from 5 to 10 and approximately 5 respectively while energy, space and other remained stable at about 5. From 1988 and 1996, the number of money the US government spent on health was dramatically increased at about 15, which was followed by the figure for space and other equally increased, at around 10.The figure for general science saw a dramatic decrease from around 5 to nearly 2,5.