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CAPE Biology Unit 2 · January 2023 · Paper 2 · Question 6(c)

The results of a study on a mosquito-related disease are presented in Figure 4 below. The figure shows both the distribution of reported disease cases and the proportion of severe cases.

State the trend in the number of mosquito-related disease cases between 2017 and 2019 and suggest THREE reasons for this trend.

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