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Dubai Gold Sales 2002

(estimates)

Dubai Gold Sales

The line graph shows estimated sales of gold

in Dubai for 12 months in 2002 in millions ofdirhams. There were two main seasons for

gold sales.

The main season for sales is in the Decemberto May period. Sales were consistently aboe

200 million dirhams per month!risingsharply to a pea" of #$0 million dirhams inMarch. %oweer! for the ne&t four months!

sales declined steadily,reaching an annuallow of 120 million dirhams in 'uly.

n ugust! there was a sudden increase.Sales almost doubled,rising from 120

million dirhams in 'uly to 210 million

dirhams in ugust. This was followed by a

dropin September! back tothe 'uly figure.

*rom September to +ctober! sales recovered!


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from 120 to 1,0 million. n +ctober and

-oember! sales remained steady,and there

was a small increase in December to 10million dirhams.

n conclusion! the main sales period is in the

early part of the year! slumpingin the

summer! e&cept for a sudden increase inugust.


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Tourism in Dubai, 1990-1994

Dubai Tourism, 1990-199

The graph shows the numbers of tourists inhundreds of thousands isiting Dubai between10 and 1/. There are several !eatures in

the graph.

*irst of all! the total number of tourists

increased rapidlybetween 10 and 1/. n

10 there was a total of /$0!000 tourists inDubai. This rose sharplyto 2$!000 in 11!

an increase of more than #0! and roseslightly again to ust under 300!000 in 12.

n the following two years! the number ofisitors started to pic" up again and reached 1

million in 1/. This was more than double

the !igurefor 10.

The second trend is that there was ahugeincreasein the number of tourists from4ussia. n 10! 4ussian tourists comprised


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only20!000 orless than "#of isitors. This

number shot up to $0!000 in 11 and

doubled again to more than 100!000 in 12.

5etween 12 and 1/! the numbertrebled,from 110!000 to ##0!000. This meant that

4ussian tourists made up one-third,or ##!of Dubai6s 1 million isitors in 1/. $ncomparison,the number of tourists from

other countries increasedonly slightly,from$$0!000 in 11 to $,0!000 in 1/.

n conclusion! although the number of touristsfrom all countries is increasing! 4ussian

tourists are becoming more and moreimportant for the tourism industry in Dubai.


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London Underground

%nderground Station

&assenger 'umbers

The graph shows the !luctuationin the

number of people at a 7ondon undergroundstation oer the course of a day.

The busiest time of the day is in the morning.

There is a sharp increasebetween 0800 and0,800! with /00 people using the station at ,

o9cloc". fter this the numbers drop (uickly

to less than200 at 10 o9cloc". 5etween 11 amand # pm the number rises! with a plateauof

ust under #00 people using the station.

n the afternoon! numbers decline! with lessthan 100 using the station at / pm. There isthen a rapid riseto a peakof #,0 at pm.

fter 3 pm! numbers fall signi!icantly! with

only a slight increase again at ,pm! tailing o!!after pm.

)verall! the graph shows that the station is


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most crowded in the early morning and early

North Amerian !ish "ath

Annual fish catch (millions of tonnes): North America

-orth merican fisheries hae been in seere decline since the late 1,0s! with at least

one:third of all species oer finished

'orth *merican +ish atches

The graph shows changes in fish catches for the ;S and


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up to a pea" of $.$ million tonnes in 1,3. During the same period!


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#eart Atta$s b% Age and Gender, USA

eart *ttacks by *ge andGender

The graph shows how age and genderinfluence the fre=uency of heart attac"s in the

;S.

7ess than of all heart attac"s occur in the

2:// age group. The number of women whosuffer heart attac"s in this group is negligible

: only #000 per year! compared to 12#!000men.

%oweer the proportion of men and womenwith heart attac"s rises dramatically between

/$ and /! with oer half a million per year.

+er /20!000 men a year in this age grouphae heart attac"s. The incidence amongst


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women increases : women hae one heart

attac" for eery three men in this age group.

+er the age of $! the number of men

suffering heart attac"s only increases slightly.%oweer there is a huge increase in the

number of women with heart attac"s : they

comprise oer /0 of all ictims.

n conclusion! men are more li"ely to be the

ictims of heart attac"s at all ages! but women

are increasingly li"ely oer the age of $.


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!ertilit% &ates '(irths )er *oman+ in Gul"ountries, 1990-2000

+ertility .ates

The chart shows strikingchanges in the

fertility rate of women in si& >ulf countries ?Saudi rabia! the ;@! +man! Aatar! Buwait

and 5ahrain between 10 and 2000.

n the ten year period! there was a declinein

the number of births per woman in all


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countries. The biggest declines were in two

countries which had low fertility rates at the

start of the decade! 5ahrain and the ;@.

*ertility rates vary greatlybetween the si&countries. +man and Saudi rabia had the

highest rates! with oer seen births per

woman in 10. This compared witharound/ births per woman in 5ahrain and the ;@!

and ust #.3$ in Buwait

5y 2000! the rate had !allen below three

births per woman in Buwait! 5ahrain and the;@! with a drop of oer 2$ in a decade in

the ;@. %oweer! in Saudi rabia and

+man! the rates fell by ust 20! from 3.0 to$.$.

n summary! there were maor decreases in

birth rates in all countries! but some countries

in the region hae double the fertility rate ofothers.

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il .rodution

)il &roduction apacity

The graph shows +il Croduction ulf

countries. There are seeral !eaturesin this graph.

The most significant feature is that oil production will increase sharplyin almost all the

countries shown. Buwait and ra= are both e/pected todoubletheir output between 10and 2010! with Buwait9s production rising from 1., million barrels per day (bpd) in 10

to #., in 2010. ran will also increase its output by a slightly smaller amount. fter

remaining steady at 2.$ million bpd from 10 to 2000! the ;@9s output is e&pected to

approach /.0 million bpd in 2010. +nly Aatar9s production is predicted to !all,bac" to

0., million bpd after a slight rise in 2000.


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%oweer! the greatest increase will be from Saudi rabia. n 10! its output capacity at

,.$ million bpd e/ceededthe combined production of ran! ra= and Buwait. This lead is

e/pected to continue with a 3$ increase in production to 1/.$ million bpd 2010.

n summary! while most of the countries are e&pected to show increases! Saudi rabia

will maintainand strengthenits position as the maor producer.

#"T Graduates

>raduates from the %igher


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n summary! women outnumbermen in all the colleges! and there are significant

differences in the siEes of the colleges.

/nternet Usage in Taian b% Age Grou), 199-2000

$nternet %sage in Taiwan by *ge

The graph shows changes in the age profile of nternet users in Taiwan between 1, and

2000.

The main users of the nternet in Taiwan are young adults between 1 and #0 years old.

n 1,! they accounted !ormore than half of all users. n 1 the number droppedslightly to /$! but een in 2000 they were the biggest group.


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The second biggest group of users is aged between #1 and $0. They made up /1 in

1,! falling slightly to #3 in 2000. hen combined with the 1:#0 age group! oer

/ of users in 1, were between 1 and $0.

%oweer this number is dropping steadilyas more children and older users log on. n

1! the number of children online (uadrupledfrom 2 to ,! and it continued toincreasein 2000. There were similar increases for older users! rising from / in 1, to

10 in 2000.

n summary! while adults between 1 and $0 still representthe great maority of

nternet users in Taiwan! their share is decliningas more children and older users oin the

web.

"om)uters and /nternet in the Arab *orld

omputers $nternet in the

*rab orld

The chart shows strikingdifferences in the


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leel of computer and nternet penetrationin

the rab world.

The ;@ and Buwait are by far the most

computeriEed countries! with 7ebanon adistant third. The ;@ has oer 1$0

computers for eery 1000 inhabitants!

compared to Buwait9s 1#0 and 7ebanon9s 0.

$n contrast! countries such as @gypt!

Morocco and Syria hae less than 20

computers per 1000 inhabitants.

There are also great differences in nternet useand aailability. The ;@ has by far the

highest proportion of users! with more than

one-third of its population using the nternet.Buwait and 7ebanon are second and third

again! with 100 users per thousand in Buwait

and ,0 in 7ebanon. n some countries thenumber using the nternet is negligible8 Saudi

rabia has less than 20 users per thousand!

and there are fewer than $ users per thousand

in Syria.

+ne unusual !eature of the graph is that

nternet use does not seem to be directly

related to the number of computers. n seeralcountries (the ;@! 7ebanon! 'ordan and

+man)! there are more nternet users per

thousand people than computers. %oweer! in

other countries! such as Buwait! Saudi rabiaand Syria! the number of nternet users is

lower than the number of computers.

n summary! there are maor differences

between computer use and nternet use in therab world! but the ;@ clearly leads the

areain both number of computers andnumber of internet users per capita.


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&hones

The graphs below show the number of land:line phones (ordinary connections) and

mobile phones per thousand people in two different countries between 1 and 2000.

rite 1$0 words comparing the two countries.

&hilippines anada


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US S)ending .atterns, 19 -199


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%S Spending &atterns 1922 - 1992

The piecharts show changes in merican spending patterns between 1 and 1.

*ood and cars made up the two biggest items of e&penditure in both years. Together they

comprisedoer half of household spending. *ood accounted !or// of spending in1! but this dropped by two thirds to 1/ in 1. %oweer! the outlay on carsdoubled! rising !rom2# in 1to/$ in 1.

+ther areas changed significantly. Spending on eating out doubled! climbing from 3 to

1/. The proportion of salary spent on computers increased dramatically! up from 1in 1 to 10 in 1. %oweer! as computer e&penditure rose! the percentage of outlay

on boo"s plungedfrom to 1.

Some areas remained relatively unchanged. mericans spent appro/imately the sameamount of salary on petrol and furniture in both years.

n conclusion! increased amounts spent on cars! computers! and eating out were made up

!orby drops in e&penditure on food and boo"s.

#igher "olleges o Tehnolog% Student .roile


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The graphs show enrolment in different colleges in the %igher


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igher ollege Graduates

The charts shows student enrolment by gender

and leel in different colleges of the %igher


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January 22, 2003

The graphs show health and education spending and changes in life e&pectancy andinfant mortality in the ;@. +erall! as the percentage spent on health and education

increases! infant mortality and life e&pectancy improe.

>raph 1 shows the percentage of >DC spent on health and education between 1,$ and

1#. There were big increases in both areas. %ealth spending stood at about , in 1,$but rose to in 10 and 10 in 1#. Spending on education was een higher. t was

10 in 1,$! and shot up to 1/ in 10 and 1$ in 1#! a $0 increase in ust ,

years.


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>raph 2 shows improements in life e&pectancy and infant mortality between 130 and

12. 7ife e&pectancy was ust 0 in 130 but rose to almost 32 in 12. n contrast! the

number of babies dying dropped dramatically! from 0 per 1000 in 130 to only 22 in12.

n conclusion! people in the ;@ are liing longer and healthier lies because of thegoernment9s spending on education and medical facilities


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!ast !ood "onsum)tion in the U3

+ast +ood %45 Spending

The graph shows wee"ly e&penditure on fast food in 5ritain by food and income group.There are two main trends. *irst! the e&penditure is directly related to income. Secondly!

there are differences in the types of fast food eaten by each group.

The amount of money spent on fast food is related to income. Ceople in the high:income

group spent the most : oer ,$ pence per person per wee". Ceople in the low:incomegroup spent the least : less than half of what the high:income earners spent.

The type of fast food eaten also depends on the group. %igh:income earners spent # times

more on hamburgers than people in the low:income group. CiEEa was generally the least

faorite food. *ish and chips was the most popular food with the low:income group butconsumption was fairly similar among all groups.


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onsumption o! +ast +ood in the %4 in Grams per eek, 1960 to 1990

+ast +ood %45 7uantity

The graph shows changes in the amount of fast food consumed in the ;B between 130

and 10. Seeral trends are apparent. *irst! 5ritons are eating more and more fast food.Secondly! the type of fast food has changed.

n 130! the most popular fast food was fish and chips. +er #00g were consumed each

wee". 5y 10! howeer! this had fallen to ust oer 200g : a $0 drop.


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n contrast! sales of hamburger and piEEa roc"eted. n 130! ery little piEEa was eaten :

less than $0gFwee". This rose to 2,0gFwee" by 10. n the same period! hamburger sales

shot up by more than $00! from 100gFwee" in 130 to $00 grams in 10.

n conclusion! although there was a big increase in the consumption of piEEa and

hamburger! sales of fish and chips decreased.


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