1. Deviating Temporal Trends of Substance Abuse Mortality in High-Income Countries • Adarsh Adarsh , University of St-Andrews; Enrique Acosta, Centre for Demographic Studies; Mikko Myrskylä, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research and London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE); Hill Kulu, University of St Andrews.

2. Changing Risk Factors - an Analysis on Short Term Mortality • Manja Albrecht , University of Rostock; Roland Rau, University of Rostock & Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research.

3. Beyond the Crisis: Mortality Trends in Post-Communist Countries, 1989 – 2019 • Katarzyna Doniec , University of Oxford; Jennifer Dowd, University of Oxford.

4. Mortality risks and prevalence at death of key medical factors • Sergi Trias-Llimós , Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics; Jordi Guma-Lao, Centre for Demographic Studies; Aïda Solé-Auró, Universitat Pompeu Fabra; Iñaki Permanyer, Centre d'Estudis Demogràfics.

5. Trends in 'Deaths of Despair' in Europe during Covid-19 – Not Just an American Phenomenon • Ronny Westerman , Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB), Germany; Michael Muehlichen, Federal Institute for Population Research (BiB), Germany.