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Isogloss map for 'need'
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'need' occurrences per year
Year |
Occurences normalised per million |
Total occurrences |
2000 |
192.41 |
11 |
2001 |
365.82 |
28 |
2002 |
371.15 |
28 |
2003 |
354.49 |
53 |
2004 |
475.07 |
50 |
2005 |
338.32 |
23 |
2006 |
429.25 |
37 |
2007 |
411.26 |
38 |
2008 |
292.69 |
23 |
2009 |
430.08 |
35 |
2010 |
221.35 |
26 |
2011 |
551.04 |
80 |
2012 |
448.43 |
60 |
2013 |
349.36 |
26 |
2014 |
308.13 |
53 |
2015 |
207.47 |
27 |
2016 |
354.54 |
54 |
2017 |
701.32 |
102 |
2018 |
539.33 |
42 |
2019 |
561.06 |
54 |
2020 |
1,216.60 |
413 |
2021 |
723.22 |
340 |
2022 |
654.78 |
143 |
2023 |
799.09 |
78 |
2024 |
553.94 |
8 |
'need' overall change in the 21st century
Normalised occurrences 2000 to 2012:-
388.35
Normalised occurrences 2013 to 2024:-
673.88