Larry Penny has recorded a 97% decline since 1983 in New York state.

Retail sales, though recording a decline, did not drop as much as economists had expected.

New Mexico was not the only state to record a decline in alcohol-related motoring deaths, and several states showed even bigger drops.

New York State recorded a slight decline, although employment levels in the region were nearly unchanged.

In August 1992, the financial services industry recorded a decline for the first time.

The decennial census recorded a continuing decline in population until 1921, when just 2,616 people were recorded.

Segregation continued to drop in the last decade, with 522 out of 658 housing markets recording a decline.

The Times has also reduced its foreign copies, by a modest 8,000, to record a 12.9% year-on-year decline.

"Nokia maintained its No 1 position with 42.4% market share, but for the first time it recorded a decline in sales of 3% year-on-year."

This report is entitled: "The facts' and it records a very serious decline in new legislative proposals since 1990.