Rates of colorectal cancer have been declining in recent years, by about 2percentt annually, thanks mostly to increased screening.
The so-called Fall Classic's ratings have been declining in recent decades, roughly mirroring the vaunted gains in midsummer attendance.
The UK curriculum's first choice foreign languages, French and German, have been declining in popularity for more than a decade.
Pure language degrees have been declining in popularity.But it may be that ignorance has passed the point of no return.
Farm subsidies, measured as a percentage of the value of farm output, have been declining in most places since the late 1980s.
But exports to Portugal and Italy have been declining in recent months after showing signs of recovery in 2010 and early 2011.
Yes, both volume and volatility in the equity markets have been declining in recent months, but the centrality of high-frequency trading has not diminished.
For a group whose population is rapidly shrinking, and whose products have been declining in value for centuries, farmers wield an astonishing amount of political power.
Dr. Rowland considered his work to eliminate CFC's his greatest career achievement, and indeed, concentrations of CFC's have been declining in the atmosphere since 2000.
Automobiles with manual transmissions, not automatic, have been declining in the United States at the approximate rate of 1percentt a year.
The Oscars and Emmys aren't much better, and in fact the ratings for almost all awards shows have been declining in recent years.
