International Comparisons of U.S. Mortality • Jessica Y. Ho, University of Pennsylvania

Patterns of Mortality Increase in Late-Middle and Early-Old Age • Ting Li, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Period-Based Mortality Change: Turning Points in Trends Since 1950 • Nadine Ouellette, University of California, Berkeley ; Magali Barbieri, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) and University of California, Berkeley ; John R. Wilmoth, University of California, Berkeley

Increasing Mortality Dispersion in the Developed Countries: Aging, Epidemiologic Transition, or Other Mechanisms? • Hui Zheng, Ohio State University ; Kenneth C. Land, Duke University