Selection Effects on Geographical Differences in Survival • Graziella Caselli, Università La Sapienza ; Elisabetta Barbi, University of Rome

Reproduction and Longevity among the British Peerage: The Effect of Frailty and Health Selection • Gabriele Doblhammer, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Jim Oeppen, Cambridge University

Individual Aging and Mortality Rate: How Are They Related? • Anatoli Yashin, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Svetlana V. Ukraintseva, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Serge I. Boiko, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research ; Anatoli I. Michalski, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

Biodemographic (Reliability) Theory of Aging and Longevity • Leonid A. Gavrilov, University of Chicago