1.  Regional statistics, however, conceal local differences.

2.  Regional statistics, which are released several weeks after the national numbers, showed that New England continued to fare better than most of the country in August.

3.  This, in turn, may also skew regional AIDS statistics.

4.  The regional statistics office in Kamenz attributed the development to sharp rises in prices for food, alchoholic and non-alchoholic drinks, tobacco and transport.