The result of these changes was that the natural decrease in population plummeted by 56% from 129, 500 in the analogous period of 2011 to just 56, 900 in 2012.

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An actual decrease in emissions from cars as population grows faster than ever is kind of a landmark event.

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Russia will probably achieve natural population growth in 2012, but, before the recent uptick in births and decrease in deaths, the country experienced a substantial natural population increase as recently as 1991.

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Only in the past few years, with the downturn in the economy, have we seen a drop in illegal entry and a decrease in the size of the illegal immigrant population.

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Prof Fleming is concerned that the general population are not aware of this sharp decrease in fertility.

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But in the commercially insured population, the program led to a net medical cost decrease of 22% compared to a control group not using the care-management services.

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Recent conflicts and rural to urban migration that reduced the population of the region and changes in ways of life have caused a sharp decrease in the number of performers, resulting in the loss of many archaic styles and genres of solo singing.

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This decrease in the earnings gap occurred over the same period when the proportion of the UK 22-64 population with degree qualification doubled, rising from 12% to 25%.

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According to data released by the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics over the weekend, population of working age (15-59) was 937.27 million in 2012, a decrease of 3.45 million over the previous year.

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