Sibling Composition and Child Mortality in South Asia: Assessing Trends beyond Male-Female Dichotomy • Prashant Kumar Singh, Institute for Human Development

Illegal Drug Use, Crime, and Population Health in Post-Socialist Russia, 2001-2008 • Saglar Bougdaeva, Abu Dhabi Education Council ; Iliana V. Kohler, University of Pennsylvania

Have New York City's Public Health Initiatives Reduced Mortality? Comparing Period-Based Variation in NYC and U.S. Mortality Rates, 1990-2009 • Ryan K. Masters, University of Colorado at Boulder ; Stephane Helleringer, Columbia University ; Peter Muennig, Columbia University

Gender Differences in Infant and Child Mortality: Estimation of Sex-Specific Mortality and an Assessment of Excess Female Deaths • Leontine Alkema, National University of Singapore ; Fengqing Chao, National University of Singapore ; Cheryl C. Sawyer, United Nations