Changes in UK birth rate
The line graph illustrates data about the changes in the birth rate of UK women in 6 age groups between 1973 and 2008.
Overall, it can be seen that the birth rates decreased among women under 20 and between 20 ans 29. The birth rates also declined among women aged over 40. Looking at the details, in 1973, the highest births - 140 per 1000 people in the population was recorded among women between 25-29. The figures were 125 and 60 for women aged 20-25 and under 20, respectively. Over the time period covered by the graph, there was a decline in the birth rate among women in these three age groups. For example, in 2008, after fluctuating occasionally, the birth rate for women of the 25-29 age group fell to 120, and the figure for under 20 age group was 40.
In contrast, the birth rate among women aged between 30-39 saw an increase over the 35-year period. The figure for the 30-35 age group rose from 72 in 1973 to 85 in 2008. In the same period, the birth rates among women between 35-39 also rose from 40 to 62 by the end of 2008.
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, look, so, for example, in contrast
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 5.0 7.0 71% => OK
Auxiliary verbs: 1.0 1.00243902439 100% => OK
Conjunction : 5.0 6.8 74% => OK
Relative clauses : 1.0 3.15609756098 32% => OK
Pronoun: 3.0 5.60731707317 54% => OK
Preposition: 41.0 33.7804878049 121% => OK
Nominalization: 1.0 3.97073170732 25% => More nominalizations (nouns with a suffix like: tion ment ence ance) wanted.
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 852.0 965.302439024 88% => OK
No of words: 196.0 196.424390244 100% => OK
Chars per words: 4.34693877551 4.92477711251 88% => OK
Fourth root words length: 3.74165738677 3.73543355544 100% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.07239680543 2.65546596893 78% => OK
Unique words: 101.0 106.607317073 95% => More unique words wanted.
Unique words percentage: 0.515306122449 0.547539520022 94% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 240.3 283.868780488 85% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.2 1.45097560976 83% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 1.0 1.53170731707 65% => OK
Article: 8.0 4.33902439024 184% => OK
Subordination: 1.0 1.07073170732 93% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 0.482926829268 207% => Less conjunction wanted as sentence beginning.
Preposition: 6.0 3.36585365854 178% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 10.0 8.94146341463 112% => OK
Sentence length: 19.0 22.4926829268 84% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 29.4633670852 43.030603864 68% => OK
Chars per sentence: 85.2 112.824112599 76% => OK
Words per sentence: 19.6 22.9334400587 85% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.0 5.23603664747 76% => OK
Paragraphs: 3.0 3.83414634146 78% => More paragraphs wanted.
Language errors: 0.0 1.69756097561 0% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 2.0 3.70975609756 54% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 0.0 1.13902439024 0% => More negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 8.0 4.09268292683 195% => OK
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.267482740966 0.215688989381 124% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.13692541953 0.103423049105 132% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.107614316256 0.0843802449381 128% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.235007105657 0.15604864568 151% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.113385577909 0.0819641961636 138% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 8.9 13.2329268293 67% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 86.03 61.2550243902 140% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 6.51609756098 48% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 6.0 10.3012195122 58% => Flesch kincaid grade is low.
coleman_liau_index: 7.95 11.4140731707 70% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 6.59 8.06136585366 82% => OK
difficult_words: 25.0 40.7170731707 61% => More difficult words wanted.
linsear_write_formula: 8.0 11.4329268293 70% => OK
gunning_fog: 9.6 10.9970731707 87% => OK
text_standard: 8.0 11.0658536585 72% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 73.0337078652 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 6.5 Out of 9
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