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The drop has been driven mainly by a 45% fall in shipments of feature phones (old-style mobile phones) but IDC said there had also been a "slight decline" in smartphone shipments.
There has been a slight decline in overall Little League baseball participation over the last decade, according to Chris Downs, a spokesman for Little League Baseball, the national organization based in Williamsport, Pa.
Life expectancy at birth, still comparatively low, has risen gradually since 1990 for both males and females, and there has been a slight decline in both birth and death rates, though they remain high by both world and African standards.
Though there has been a slight decline this year, the agency still has 180 people taking food from its shelves each day, and has provided homeless services to more than 300 people over the past nine months.
Ms. Portale said that there had been a slight decline in the average size of gifts this year but that enrollment and sponsorship for the organization's annual March for Babies, which accounts for roughly half its annual revenue and is set for next month, were solid.
"There has been a slight decline in modern foreign languages but the introduction of the EBacc has arrested the historic fall of foreign languages at GCSE and we expect this will grow the pool of young people who are equipped to go on to study languages at A-level".
In Rockland County, there was a slight decline.
This was a slight decline on the previous year.
From about the middle 20s to the 50s there is a slight decline in visual acuity, and there is a somewhat accelerated decline thereafter.
But there is a slight decline in the percentage of Ukip voters who plan to stay loyal at the 2015 election; this is down five points to 52%.
