Pivot Table structure for 'instances'

5thMarReg

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I haven't worked with pivot tables since Excel97 (?) so aside from losing my feel for how to solve this issue, I'm also not sure if I had ever done anything like this before.
Here's the issue...

This is an abbreviated mockup of the data:
(sorry, I can't post attachments)

[TABLE="width: 368"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Group[/TD]
[TD]Q1[/TD]
[TD]Q2[/TD]
[TD]Q3[/TD]
[TD]Q4[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]A[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]B[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]C[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]D[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD]4[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]E[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]3[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

The result that I am seeking is to determine the number of instances for each of the numbers in the columns.

For instance, Group C has:
1 instance of 0's
1 instance of 1's
2 instances of 4's

Visually it should look like this...

[TABLE="width: 418"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Option 1[/TD]
[TD]4's[/TD]
[TD]3's[/TD]
[TD]2's[/TD]
[TD]1's[/TD]
[TD]0's[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]A[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]B[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]C[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]D[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]E[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]

Or like this...

[TABLE="width: 418"]
<tbody>[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]Option 2[/TD]
[TD]A[/TD]
[TD]B[/TD]
[TD]C[/TD]
[TD]D[/TD]
[TD]E[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]4's[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]3's[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]2's[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]1's[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]2[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD]0's[/TD]
[TD]0[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD]1[/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[TD][/TD]
[/TR]
</tbody>[/TABLE]


I am able to accomplish this using COUNTIF, however the dataset is actually very large and I was hoping that it could be done using a pivot table instead. I played around with many different ways of positioning the headings, but I can't seem to get the result that I am looking for - or determine if it is even possible (although I assume that it is - which is why I am here asking for guidance).

Could I ask for someone to steer me towards the needed solution?
(btw, I am currently using Excel 2010)
 

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