The total consumption of cigarettes in Japan dropped almost 19 percent between 1995 and 1998.

During the decade of the 1990s, per capita consumption dropped by nearly 20 percent.

Total fat consumption has dropped slightly, but Americans continue to grow fatter.

Last year, consumption dropped 7.3 percent, and experts predict a further decline this year.

Tax revenue, consumption and manufacturing have been dropping sharply in the last two months.

"In 1994, when the coffee market tripled, consumption dropped by 10 percent."

Since 1979, British consumption has dropped 30 percent.

Per capita consumption dropped an estimated 35 percent over the last seven years because of recession, civil war, and a high population growth rate.

Taking into account population growth, per capita consumption has dropped 40 percent in five years.

But consumption dropped much lower than 35,000 in the early days of the crisis.