The line graph illustrates the average number of patients visiting four clinics at a hospital each week between 2010 and 2016.
Overall, the eye clinic experienced by far the most substantial growth and became the hospital’s busiest clinic by 2016. By contrast, the birth-control clinic fluctuated considerably, although it ended at approximately the same level at which it began. The diabetic and dental clinics both recorded overall increases, despite some variation during the period.
In 2010, the birth-control clinic received the largest number of weekly patients, at approximately 240, compared with 120 for the eye clinic. The birth-control figure subsequently rose to 280 in 2012, before falling sharply to 180 in 2014. It then recovered to around 240 by 2016. The eye clinic, meanwhile, followed a consistently upward trajectory. Its weekly patient count increased from about 120 in 2010 to 150 in 2012, before rising substantially to 250 in 2014 and reaching approximately 350 in 2016.
The remaining two clinics had considerably lower figures throughout most of the period. The number of patients attending the diabetic clinic rose from roughly 70 in 2010 to 90 in 2012, where it remained unchanged in 2014. It then doubled to approximately 180 by 2016. The dental clinic showed the only initial decline among these two: its figure fell from around 100 patients per week in 2010 to 60 in 2012. However, this was followed by a recovery to about 120 in 2014 and a modest further increase to approximately 130 in 2016.