The sex gap in mortality: historical patterns across twenty-two countries • Dana A. Glei, University of California, Berkeley

Educational differences in all-cause and cause-specific adult mortality-evidence from Bulgaria, Finland and the United States • Irma T. Elo, University of Pennsylvania ; Iliana V. Kohler, University of Pennsylvania ; Pekka Martikainen, University of Helsinki ; Kirsten Smith, University of Pennsylvania

Gender differences in health status among older Singaporeans • Angelique Chan, National University of Singapore ; Santosh Jatrana, University of Otago, Wellington School of Medicine & Health Sciences, Department of Public Health

The evolution of concepts of maternal mortality and the emergence of violent death relating to pregnancy • Myriam Khlat, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Agnes Guillaume, Institut de Recherche pour le Développement (IRD)

Gender and the risk of HIV in North India: couple communication as a protective factor • Shelah S. Bloom, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Kaushalendra K. Singh, Banaras Hindu University ; C. M. Suchindran, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill