<p><strong>Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Attendances at emergency care departments per 1000-population</strong></p>
<p>The bar chart (1-compare)___________ the number of visits (2-make)___________ by people in six age categories to hospital emergency wards in Northern Ireland in the December of 2016 and 2017.</p>
<p>It is clear that elderly people and the youngest children (3-be)___________ the most frequent visitors to A&E (accident and emergency) departments. Also, there (4-be)___________ a slight increase in the rate of emergency care attendances among all six age groups from December 2016 to December 2017.</p>
<p>Looking first at the older age groups, roughly 65 out of every 1000 people (5-age)___________ 75 and over attended A&E wards in December 2016, and this rose to almost 70 attendances per 1000-population one year later. Interestingly, those aged 65 to 74 (6-be)___________ less than half as likely to require emergency treatment, with around 30 attendances per 1000-population in both months.</p>
<p>At the other end of the age scale, the figures for A&E visits by under-5s (7-rise)___________ marginally from around 50 to approximately 52 per 1000-population over the one-year period. Children aged 5 to 15 (8-make)___________ the fewest visits, at just over 20 per 1000-population in both months. Finally, there was almost no difference in the figures for emergency care attendances among people aged 16 to 44, 45 to 64 and 65 to 74.</p>