Mortality in old age. The epidemiologic transition among elderly in Sweden 1911-2010 • Sören Edvinsson, Umeå University

Differences in incidence and prevalence in long-term care among the elderly in Germany: the role of education • Olga G. Grigorieva, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Gabriele Doblhammer-Reiter, University of Rostock

Correlates of the incidence of disability and mortality among older adult Brazilians with and without diabetes and stroke • Pilar Guevara, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Flavia Andrade, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign ; Maria Lebrao, Universidade de São Paulo ; Yeda Duarte, Universidade de São Paulo

Higher mortality risks for older people in institutional care: a comparison of Belgium and England and Wales • Michel Poulain, Université Catholique de Louvain and Tallinn University ; Emily Grundy, University of Cambridge

Cognitive life cycle development: a cross-country cohort study • Vegard Skirbekk, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) ; Daniela Weber, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) ; Valeria Bordone, Vienna University of Economics and Business