That did not happen and the ratio dropped back to 54 percent.

Last year, the national ratio dropped slightly below that, he said.

In 1986, the ratio had dropped to one per 540 citizens.

By the time of the Vietnam War, the ratio had dropped to 500.

The ratio dropped to 1.9 candidates per space in 1986 and 1.8 this year.

It added that the ratio of inventories to sales dropped 5.3 percent.

But in the last 18 months, that ratio has dropped to less than 1 to 1.

By last month, that ratio had dropped to 2 to 1.

The ratio of debt to equity will drop to 5-to-1.

And when inflation jumps to 4 to 5 percent, the ratio drops to 14.8, on average.