Christian Science
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Christian Science

Section Title: Decline
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Number of Christian Science practitioners in the United States, 1883–2015

Christian Science practitioners	per million	Christian Scientists	source

1883	14	0.3	n/a

1887	110	1.9	n/a

1890	n/a	n/a	8,724

1895	553	7.9	n/a

1911	3,280	34.9	n/a

1919	6,111	58.5	n/a

1930	9,722	79.0	n/a

1936	n/a	n/a	c. 268,915

1941	11,200	84.0	n/a

1945	9,823	70.2	n/a

1953	8,225	51.7	n/a

1972	5,848	28.0	n/a

1981	3,403	15.1	n/a

1990	n/a	n/a	c. 106,000

1995	1,820	6.9	n/a

2015	965	n/a	n/a

Sentence(s)

In 1941, there were 11,200 practitioners in the United States, and 965 in 2015.

final_sentence: In 1941, there were 11,200 practitioners in the United States, and 965 in 2015.