Cardiovascular diseases as causes of death: towards coherence and comparability • Agnieszka Fihel, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; France Meslé, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

Mortality and causes of death: matrix formulation and sensitivity analysis • Hal Caswell, University of Amsterdam ; Nadine Ouellette, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

Diversity of cause-of-death coding practices across Russian regions • Inna Danilova, Max-Planck Institute for Demographic Research and National Research University Higher School of Economics ; 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 ; France Meslé, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Jacques Vallin, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

A non-parametric approach to decompose the young adult mortality hump by causes of death • Adrien Remund, Université de Genève and Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Tim Riffe, Max-Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Carlo G. Camarda, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

Cause-specific mortality by partnership status in England and Wales 2001-2011: a competing risk approach • Sebastian Franke, University of Liverpool ; Hill Kulu, University of Liverpool