This decline alone accounts for about 25% of the overall decline in childhood deaths since 1990.

Dr. Kleinman said a decline in respiratory distress syndrome accounted for half of the drop in infant deaths.

The decline in Kodak plus Primerica accounted for nearly 56 percent of the drop in the Dow.

The decline accounted for the bulk of the $92.7 billion drop in individual federal income tax revenue in 2001.

The decline in imports accounted for about three-quarters of the improvement for the month.

The decline in death rates in the past sixty years thus accounts for 10% of the overall 3% growth rate in the economy.

Microsoft's decline accounted for about one-tenth of the S.& P. index's loss yesterday.

The G.M. decline accounted for about 35 points of the Dow's decline.

In Indonesia, the dollar's decline accounted for one-third of the investor's return.

The decline in the number of farm workers partly accounts for the peculiar age structure of the industry.