| Life | Life | All A.B.C. | All A.B.C. | |
| Single Copy | Total Circ. | Single Copy | Total Circ. | |
| (thousands) | (thousands) | (thousands) | (thousands) | |
| 1980 | 490 | 1,365 | 90,895 | 280,742 |
| 1998 | 254 | 1,559 | 63,724 | 367,073 |
| % change | -48.2% | 14.2% | -29.9% | 30.8% |
| Source: Audit Bureau of Circulations | ||||
| Note: Number of A.B.C. members included in these figures was 133 in | ||||
| 1980 and 320 in 1998 | ||||