Table 3.

Pattern of failure: the whole series and different groups

	1990-1996 (n=1,222)	1997-2002 (n=997)	2003-2007 (n=820)	2008-2012 (n=769)
Local	239 (19.6)	147 (14.7)	60 (7.3)	13 (1.7)
Regional	149 (12.2)	79 (7.9)	17 (2.1)	9 (1.2)
Distant	83 (6.8)	102 (10.2)	43 (4.2)	26 (3.4)
Local+regional	12 (1.0)	10 (1.0)	5 (0.6)	1 (0.1)
Distant+local	10 (0.8)	11 (1.1)	7 (0.9)	3 (0.4)
Distant+regional	2 (0.2)	1 (0.1)	3 (0.4)	5 (0.7)
Distant+local+regional	1 (0.1)	1 (0.1)	3 (0.4)	1 (0.1)
Overall	496 (40.6)	351 (35.2)	138 (16.8)	58 (7.5)

Values are presented as number (%).