Number of mass layoff events, 1996-2004

	
1996	 14,111 
1997	 14,960 
1998	 15,904 
1999	 14,909 
2000	 15,738 
2001	 21,467 
2002	 20,277 
2003	 18,963 
2004	 15,980 

Data for 2004 are preliminary.