This figure comprises a line graph showing cephalosporin use in the UK between 2000 and 2015. The horizontal axis is labelled year and is marked from 2000 to 2016 in 2-year intervals. The vertical axis is labelled standard units per 1000/pop UK and is marked from 0 to 2000 in intervals of 500. The blue line on the graph crosses the vertical axis at approximately 1750. It remains fairly constant between 2000 and 2007 before sloping downwards towards the horizontal axis. It ends in 2015 at approximately 750 standard units/1000 pop UK.

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