The number of patients coming to the Healthy Start maternity clinic has been increasing steadily over the past eight months. Given the following data, use a linear trend line to forecast attendance for months 9 and 10.

Month ......... Clinic Attendance

(in thousands)

1 .............. 3.4

2 ............. 3.9

3 ............. 4.5

4 ............. 5.0

5 ............. 5.8

6 ............. 5.9

7 ............. 6.5

8 ............. 6.7