1. Does the Quality of Reported Age Change by Cause of Death? • João Victor Antunes Lopes, UNICAMP; Marília Nepomuceno, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR); Luciana Correia Alves, University of Campinas.

2. Untangling Mortality: The Role of Causes of Death in Shaping Dispersion around the Mode in High-Income Countries • Viorela Diaconu, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Padova; Virginia Zarulli, Department of Statistical Sciences, University of Padova, Italy; Stefano Mazzuco, University of Padova.

3. Age- and Cause-Specific Contributions to the Increase in High Life Expectancy • Siying Lyu, Peking University; Guillaume Marois, International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA); Chunyong Chen, University of Pennsylvania; Zixin Zhou, Peking University.

4. Reflections on Alternative Approaches in Causes of Death Data: Cause-Specific Hazard Rates or Compositions by Cause? • Stefano Mazzuco, University of Padova; Marco Stefanucci, University of Rome Tor Vergata.

5. Assessing the Measurement of Neonatal Mortality in Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems • Andrea Verhulst, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED); Julio E. Romero-Prieto, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM); Bruno Lankoandé, Joseph Ki-Zerbo University (UJKZ); Gilles Pison, Muséum National D'histoire Naturelle; Michel Guillot, University of Pennsylvania & INED.