288 Essential Skills for Health Careers Success
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Annual Influenza Cases at Eastridge Clinic
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Cases
Annual Influenza Cases at Eastridge Clinic
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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
Figure 10.13 Line graph
Figure 10.14 Bar graph
Reading Graphs
When you read bar and line graphs, you will see a vertical axis called
the x axis and a horizontal axis called the y axis. In Figure 10.13, the graph’s
y axis represents a clinic’s total fl u cases. The x axis represents the period