The phrase "analysis of the decline" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the examination or evaluation of a decrease or reduction in a particular context, such as economics, health, or social issues.
Example: "The analysis of the decline in sales over the past year revealed several underlying factors that need to be addressed."
Alternatives: "examination of the decrease" or "study of the downturn."
My analysis of the decline of newspapers is based on figures going back 50 years.
Gale A. Norton, the secretary of the interior, gave a curious analysis of the decline in national-parks attendance (Deborah Solomon, July 17).
Gen. David Perkins, the American military's top spokesman in Iraq, ventured an optimistic analysis of the decline in what the military labels high-profile attacks.
Almost every analysis of the decline in G.D.P. attributes it to a sharp fourth quarter reduction in defense spending, cuts that are scheduled to increase drastically under sequestration.
David Gordon's forensic analysis of the decline and fall of Paisleys Mark I and II reaches its climax with a back-room internal party coup against the Big Man and his son, Ian Junior.
The influential thinktank's withering analysis of the decline in the ability to meet key waiting-time targets and its worsening financial state says the NHS is struggling to cope with the growing demand for care and an unprecedented squeeze on its budget.
We provide a sociohistorical analysis of how the decline of marine fisheries in general, and the growth of salmon farming in particular, created the political and economic foundation to support the development of a genetically engineered fish.
However, there are major methodological problems related to the analysis of cognitive decline of the older population, such as competing risks for mortality, missing data, unequal sensitivity to change (with floor and ceiling effects), cognitive recovery, and measurement error.
End points of the study were analysis of cognitive decline, the appearance of intraneuronal A β and h-tau, AD-related mitochondrial dysfunctions, as well as disruption of the BDNF neurotrophic pathway.
According to the new analysis, about 44percentt of the decline in coronary mortality during the 20 years studied was due to improvements in risk factors for heart disease: reduced cholesterol levels, better control of high blood pressure, a decline in smoking and a small rise in physical activity.
In a univariate analysis exploring predictors of the decline in dietary quality, lower sense of control and lower level of educational attainment were associated with a greater decline in dietary quality (β=0.11, 95% CI 0.07 to 0.15, p=0.00 and β=0.70, 95% CI 0.57 to 0.82, p=0.001, respectively).
