The following information is taken from Johnson & Johnson annual reports. The principal office of Johnson & Johnson is in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Its common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange, using the symbol JNJ.

	Domestic Sales	International Sales	Employees
Year	($ million)	($ million)	(thousands)
2000	17,316	11,856	100.9
2001	19,825	12,492	101.8
2002	22,455	13,843	108.3
2003	25,274	16,588	110.6
2004	27,770	19,578	109.9
2005	28,377	22,137	115.6
2006	29,775	23,549	122.2
2007	32,444	28,651	119.2
2008	32,309	31,438	118.7
2009	30,889	31,008	115.5
2010	29,437	32,124	114.0
2011	28,907	36,107	117.9
2012	29,830	37,394	127.6
2013	31,910	39,402	128.1
2014	34,782	39,548	126.5
2015	35,687	34,387	127.1

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Using 2000 as the base period, compute a simple index of the number of employees for each year from 2004 until 2015. (Round your answers to 1 decimal place.)

The index (2000 = 100) for selected years is:

Interpret the trend in the number of employees. (Round your answer to the nearest whole number.)