One Hundred Years of Mortality in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Fragile Path from Hunger to Longevity • Alberto Palloni, University of Wisconsin at Madison ; Guido Pinto, University of Wisconsin at Madison

International Distributions of the Age at Death and Mortality Convergence • Ryan D. Edwards, Stanford University

Using the Lee-Carter Method to Explain Linear Increases in Life Expectancy • Shripad Tuljapurkar, Stanford University ; Nan Li, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Gompertzian Mortality Curves Are a Natural Consequence of Biological Damage and Repair Mechanisms • Lloyd P. Goldwasser, University of California, Berkeley