Rather, it says, the estimates represent the views of the scientific authorities commissioned by the agencies to write the report.

A preliminary estimate of 20,500 similar deaths in 1985 (8.6 per 100,000) represents a drop of 14 percent.

But even the high-side estimates of 200,000 new jobs do not represent a significant jump in the pace of economic growth.

These estimates represent only the beginning of the tragedy if this nation does not act to address its drug abuse problems.

But the scientists were forced to admit that their estimate represented only a guess, since there had been no accurate census.

The new estimate for capital spending growth in 1990 represents a substantial increase from an earlier survey released in December.

These estimates represented roughly one-third of the entire foreign-born population.

Even if that is an exaggeration, the Government's estimate of 70 million adherents represents a large group in a nation of 1.2 billion.

Those estimates are based on information provided by bank examiners and represent the worst institutions among about 1,000 troubled banks, he said.

The estimate represented a slight slowdown from the growth rate in the first quarter, when spending on newspaper ads increased 1.8 percent, to $9.9 billion.