Does Chaotic History Make Life Expectancy Trends Chaotic in Frontier Countries like Baltic States? • Jacques Vallin, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Domantas Jasilionis, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research and Lithuanian Social Research Centre ; France Meslé, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

Trends in the Contribution of Major Causes of Injury Death to U.S. Life Expectancy in an International Context • Andrew Fenelon, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC ; Li Hui Chen, National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS), CDC

U.S. Mortality Advantage at Older Ages? • Alberto Palloni, University of Wisconsin-Madison ; James A. Yonker, University of Wisconsin-Madison

The Cardiovascular Revolution in the United States. A Geographic Analysis • Magali Barbieri, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) and University of California, Berkeley ; Nadine Ouellette, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Mila Andreeva, City University of New York (CUNY) ; Celeste Winant, University of California, Berkeley