there are actually gigantic differences between regions.

不同地区之间也有很大差异
There are some regions in these countries with very high,

在这些国家中的部分地区自杀率很高
and some regions of these countries with relatively low suicide rates,

另一部分地区的自杀率就相对较低
and these are pretty constant as such.

而且这些数据都是比较稳定的
Well I had a colleague--as I said,

我有个同事
it's probably not too parochial for me to refer to Hungary,

我用匈牙利来举例应该不算目光狭隘
because now Hungary is I think only

现在匈牙利的自杀率
number two or three in the world in suicide rate,

只能排得上第二或者第三了
but has been number one for a century.

但是一个世纪以来它一直是第一名
So anyway, I had a colleague who did a detailed study in Hungary

在涂尔干的启发下我的一个同事
about suicide inspired by Durkheim,

对匈牙利的自杀情况做了详尽的研究
and found that there were certain regions in the country

发现匈牙利的某些地区