… Bankruptcy filings fell 5 percent in 2000 due largely to fewer personal bankruptcy filings, according to data released by the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts. Total bankruptcies fell to 1,253,444 last year from 1,319,465 in 1999. Chapter 7, which represent non-business filings, decreased by 7.3 percent to 859,220 filings from 927,074 filings from the same period in 1999. Meanwhile, Chapter 13 filings rose 0.4 percent, as well as Chapter 11 filings which increased