Assess the presence of disruptions in cause-specific mortality series • Carlo G. Camarda, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Marketa Pechholdova, University of Economics, Prague (VSE)

Determinants of cardiovascular diseases and mortality in individuals with eastern and western European background • Christian Wegner-Siegmundt, Wittgenstein Centre (IIASA, VID/ÖAW, WU) ; George B. Ploubidis, University of London ; Marc Luy, Wittgenstein Centre (IIASA, VID/ÖAW, WU)

Changes in drinking habits and alcohol-related mortality in Eastern Europe • Olga Penina, Academy of Sciences of Moldova ; France Meslé, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Jacques Vallin, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

Sex differences in life expectancy at birth in two Caucasus countries and impact of the alcohol-related mortality • Géraldine Duthé, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Irina Badurashvili, Georgian Centre of Population Research ; Karine Kuyumjyan, National Statistical Service of the Republic of Armenia ; France Meslé, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Jacques Vallin, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

Reconstruction of coherent cause-specific mortality time series for Russia and its regions • Inna Danilova, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research and Higher School of Economics (Moscow) ; France Meslé, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Jacques Vallin, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)