1. Analysing the Contribution of Causes of Death to Sex Differences in Life Expectancy at Birth in 20th-Century Italy and Greece • Michail Raftakis, Department of Statistical Sciences - University of Bologna; Gabriele Ruiu, Università degli Studi di Sassari; Lucia Pozzi, Università degli Studi di Sassari.

2. Disability, Disease, and Mortality in Northeast China, 1749-1909 • Ruijie Liu, Peking University; Hao Dong, Peking University; Cameron Campbell, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology; James Z. Lee, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology.

3. The Burden of Temperature-Related Mortality in Madrid: Cause-Specific Mortality Analysis between 1890 and 1927 • Dariya Ordanovich, IEGD-CCHS Spanish National Research Council (CSIC); Diego Ramiro Fariñas, Spanish National Research Council (CSIC); Aurelio Tobias, Institute of Environmental Assessment and Water Research, Spanish Council for Scientific Research; Michel Oris, University Of Geneva; Stanislao Mazzoni, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC).