diff --git a/src/incidents/visualize/VisualizeIncidents.tsx b/src/incidents/visualize/VisualizeIncidents.tsx
index 6ab624aaae..e9b4f16de9 100644
--- a/src/incidents/visualize/VisualizeIncidents.tsx
+++ b/src/incidents/visualize/VisualizeIncidents.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-import { Spinner, LineGraph } from '@hospitalrun/components'
-import React from 'react'
+import { LineGraph } from '@hospitalrun/components'
+import React, { useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 
 import useIncidents from '../hooks/useIncidents'
 import IncidentFilter from '../IncidentFilter'
@@ -9,15 +9,62 @@ const VisualizeIncidents = () => {
   const searchFilter = IncidentFilter.reported
   const searchRequest: IncidentSearchRequest = { status: searchFilter }
   const { data, isLoading } = useIncidents(searchRequest)
+  const [monthlyIncidents, setMonthlyIncidents] = useState({
+    January: 0,
+    February: 0,
+    March: 0,
+    April: 0,
+    May: 0,
+    June: 0,
+    July: 0,
+    August: 0,
+    September: 0,
+    November: 0,
+    December: 0,
+  })
 
-  if (data === undefined || isLoading) {
-    return <Spinner type="DotLoader" loading />
+  const getIncidentMonth = (reportedOn: string) => {
+    // reportedOn: "2020-08-12T19:53:30.153Z"
+    // splices the data.reportedOn string at position 5-6 to get the month
+    const months = [
+      'January',
+      'February',
+      'March',
+      'April',
+      'May',
+      'June',
+      'July',
+      'August',
+      'September',
+      'November',
+      'December',
+    ]
+    return months[Number(reportedOn.slice(5, 7)) - 1]
   }
 
-  // reportedOn: "2020-08-12T19:53:30.153Z"
-  // we can use a function that splices the string at position 6-7 to get the month
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (data === undefined || isLoading) {
+      console.log('data is undefined')
+    } else {
+      let incidentMonth: string
+      const totalIncidents: number = data.length
+      for (let incident = 0; incident < totalIncidents; incident += 1) {
+        incidentMonth = getIncidentMonth(data[incident].reportedOn)
+        setMonthlyIncidents((state) => ({
+          ...state,
+          // incidentMonth: incidentMonth + 1,
+        }))
+        console.log('incidentMonth: ', incidentMonth)
+      }
+    }
+  }, [])
+
+  //   if (data === undefined || isLoading) {
+  //     return <Spinner type="DotLoader" loading />
+  //   }
+
+  console.log('August: ', monthlyIncidents.August)
 
-  console.log('data: ', data)
   return (
     <>
       <LineGraph