Compression of mortality: the evolution in the variability in the age of death in Latin America • Bernardo L. Queiroz, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) ; Marcos Gonzaga, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte ; Everton E. C. Lima, Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)

Changes in inter-country differences in length of life and lifetime losses (1970-2010) • Alyson A. van Raalte, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Vladimir M. Shkolnikov, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research and New Economic School, Russia ; Dmitri A. Jdanov, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research and New Economic School, Russia

The health transition derailed: an analysis of inter-state variations in adult mortality patterns in the United States since 1959 • Nadine Ouellette, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Magali Barbieri, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) and University of California, Berkeley ; Celeste Winant, University of California, Berkeley

Subjective life expectancy as a predictor of mortality: evidence from the NIDI work and retirement panel • Hanna van Solinge, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI) ; Kène Henkens, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute (NIDI)