Since the LPPA and LHMA have been in effect, Rhode Island has experienced a substantial decline in the number of lead-poisoned children.
Ireland also experienced a substantial decline in school abandonment over this period, around 7 points, and the rates in UK, Greece and the Netherlands progressed as well around five points.
The impact of the campaign was such that during a period in which the UK beer market experienced a substantial decline in revenue, Guinness reported that its year-on-year earnings within the region had noticeably increased.
Since gaining independence from the former Soviet Union, most Central Asian states have experienced a substantial decline in healthcare services (12 ).
Tanzania, for example, has recently experienced a substantial decline in childhood mortality; the under-five mortality rate dropped from 156 per 1,000 live births in 1994 1999 to 112 in 2000 2004.
Currently, CMS considers declining ADL function to be an adverse event if a home health patient experiences a "substantial decline in three or more ADLs", where substantial is considered a minimum two-unit decline from the start of home health care to final discharge, regardless of the time frame [ 1, 2].
We have seen a substantial decline in recommended thresholds values for hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, blood sugar, osteoporosis and kidney function.
Since house prices could overshoot on the way down, that suggests a substantial decline may lie ahead.Past experience suggests that this will inflict a lot of collateral damage on the economy through weaker household spending.
Conclusions/Significance: The NFFP coincided with a substantial decline in the prevalence of anemia.
The flaming reds had turned into a deep azure, signalling a substantial decline in activity.
