The behavior of solutions for several models of living systems, presented as the Cauchy problem for nonlinear systems of delay dierential equations, is investigated. A set of conditions providing exponentially decreasing estimates of the components of the solutions of the studied Cauchy problem is established. The parameters of exponential estimates are found as a solution of a nonlinear system of inequalities, based on the right part of the system of dierential equations. Results of the studies on mathematical models arising in epidemiology, immunology, and physiology are presented.