Body Mass, Smoking, and Overall and Cause Specific Mortality among Older Individuals • Patrick M. Krueger, University of Colorado at Boulder ; Richard G. Rogers, University of Colorado at Boulder ; Robert A. Hummer, University of Texas at Austin ; Jason D. Boardman, University of Colorado at Boulder

Cardiovascular Risk in the 1990s: Do Changes in Socioeconomic Effect Accompany Changes in Prevalence? • Diane S. Lauderdale, University of Chicago ; Ronald A. Thisted, University of Chicago

Racial Differences in Causes of Death: Double Jeopardy for Blacks, but for Which Causes? • Scott M. Lynch, Princeton University ; J. Scott Brown, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Does Education Have the Same Effect on Mortality of Blacks and Whites across Age? • Anna Zajacova, Princeton University