1. “Deaths of despair in the tropics?”: Relative deprivation among middle-aged Costa Ricans • Gilbert Brenes-Camacho, CCP, Universidad de Costa Rica.

2. Mortality and morbidity drivers of the global distribution of health • Iñaki Permanyer, Centre for Demographic Studies; Octavio Bramajo, Centre d'estudis Demogràfics, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona.

3. Parental education and adult mortality in Chile • Moisés Sandoval, Universidad de Chile; Cassio M. Turra, Demography Department, Cedeplar, UFMG; Luciana Luz, Cedeplar/Ufmg.

4. Mate Selection Power and Female Marital Mortality Differential in China • Junhe Yang, University of Washington.

5. Reversals in past long term trends in educational inequalities in life expectancy across Europe. • Jesús-Daniel Zazueta Borboa, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI); Pekka Martikainen, University of Helsinki; Jose Manuel Aburto, University of Oxford; Riina Peltonen, Population Research Unit; Nicolás Zengarini, Epidemiology Unit, ASL TO3, Piedmont Region, Grugliasco(Turin); Anton E Kunst, Department of Public Health, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam; Fanny Janssen, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) and University of Groningen.