Le nombre de désistements et de retraits se chiffrait à 1 394, soit environ 5 p. 100—4,8 p. 100. Pour 1998, le nombre des revendications est passé à 24 000 et il y a eu 6 200 désistements ou retraits, soit un taux de 26 p. 100. Le taux de désistements et de retraits a donc augmenté de 500 p. 100.
The number of abandoned and withdrawn claims was 1,394, which was about 5%—4.8% abandoned and withdrawn. In 1998 the number of claims was 24,000, and 6,200 were abandoned or withdrawn, which is a 26% abandoned and withdrawn rate. So it's a 500% increase in the abandoned and withdrawn rate.