Gender differences in trajectories of health limitations in Germany between 1995 and 2001. A study based on the German Socio Economic Panel (SOEP). • Gabriele Doblhammer, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Rasmus Hoffmann, University of Rostock

The sterner sex, the weaker sex. Two patterns of excess male mortality • Agnieszka Fihel, University of Warsaw

Factors associated with gender differentials in self-reported health and activities of daily living in the Former Communist Countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union • Michael Murphy, London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) ; Martin Bobak, University College London ; Richard Rose, University of Aberdeen ; Michael Marmot, University College London

Trends in the male-female life expectancy gap in the United States in the second half of the XXth Century • Magdalena Muszynska, Duke University ; Roland Rau, University of Rostock