1. Molding the Rate of Aging • Marie-Pier Bergeron-Boucher, University of Southern Denmark; Paola Vazquez-Castillo , Interdisciplinary Center on Population Dynamics- University of Southern Denmark; Silvio Patricio, CPop - Interdisciplinary Centre on Population Dynamics; Annette Baudisch, Interdisciplinary Center on Population Dynamics (CPop).

2. Disentangling the Roles of Disease Incidence and Case Fatality in the US Cardiovascular Mortality Stagnation • Marcus Ebeling , Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research; Neil Mehta, University of Texas Medical Branch; Leah Abrams, Tufts University; Mikko Myrskylä, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research.

3. Stalling Gap in Life Expectancy between Western and Eastern German Men: The Role of Socioeconomic Position • Marc Luy , Vienna Institute of Demography; Paola Di Giulio, Vienna Institute of Demography of the Austrian Academy of Sciences; Lina Lasar, Vienna Institute of Demography; Tianyu Shen, Vienna Institute of Demography, Austria Academy of Sciences; Fabian Tetzlaff, Robert Koch Institute; Juliane Tetzlaff, Hannover Medical School.

4. Lessons from a Laggard? Study of CVD Incidence and Survival Inequalities in Finland, 2000-2020, Based on Novel Bivariate Health-Death Distributions • Chiara Micheletti , Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research; Alyson van Raalte, MPIDR; Shubhankar Sharma, University of Helsinki; Pekka Martikainen, University of Helsinki.

5. Stagnation or Measurement Artefact? Re-Evaluating the Recent Mortality Slowdown in Selected Low Mortality Countries • Tamara Vaz , Vienna Institute of Demography; Magdalena Muszynska-Spielauer, Vienna Institute of Demography, Austrian Academy of Sciences; Marc Luy, Vienna Institute of Demography.