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The phrase "a consequence of decline" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an outcome or result that arises due to a decrease or deterioration in a particular situation or condition.
Example: "The increase in unemployment rates is a consequence of decline in the manufacturing sector."
Alternatives: "a result of decline" or "an outcome of decline".
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However, we speculate that the large differences in early outcome in our subjects are likely driven by underlying frailty in the older population, which is characterized by vulnerability to acute stressors and is a consequence of decline in overall function and physiologic reserve [35].
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Growing debt among college students is largely a consequence of declining public support for higher education.
The decline was a consequence of declining birthrates, a higher death rate, and a relatively high rate of infant mortality.
Jay Rosen, a blogger and professor of journalism at New York University, said that sites like the Politicker are partly a consequence of declining investments in newsgathering by local newspapers and television stations.
The demographic bulge of Mexican men in their teens and early 20s who flocked illegally to the United States from the 1990s until the Great Recession has petered out, in part a consequence of declining Mexican fertility since the 1970s.
It was widely rumoured that, as a consequence of declining circulation, febrile competition, weak regulation and an historic culture of rule-breaking, behaviour such as phone-hacking and paying police for tip-offs had become rife in some tabloids.
We speculate that the reduced coral cover recorded on Saba Bank in 2007 may be a consequence of declines following the 2005 coral bleaching event that severely impacted reefs in the northern Caribbean [30].
This increased risk may be a consequence of declining lung function in patients with diabetes.
Older patients tend to have less frequent bowel movements - a consequence of declining metabolism and physical activity.
Many industrialized countries now have ageing populations, mostly as a consequence of declining fertility and mortality in later life.
However, maize imports have been rising rapidly mainly as a consequence of declining domestic production (see Fig.3).
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