A comparison of the mortality due to mental, behavioural and nervous disorders of France and Italy using the multiple cause-of-death approach • Aline Desesquelles, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Antonio Salvatore, Università di Roma "La Sapienza" ; Marilena Pappagallo, Instituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT) ; Luisa Frova, Instituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT) ; Monica Pace, Instituto Nazionale di Statistica (ISTAT) ; Viviana Egidi, Università di Roma "La Sapienza" ; France Meslé, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

Reconstruction of cause-of-death data lacking for Poland (1996-2002) • Agnieszka Fihel, University of Warsaw ; France Meslé, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED) ; Jacques Vallin, Institut National d'Études Démographiques (INED)

Cause specific mortality trends in Hungary in the light of the theory of the epidemiological transition • Katalin Kovács, Demographic Research Institute, Budapest ; László Hablicsek, Demographic Research Institute, Budapest

Four decades of mortality by cause of death in three European countries • Marketa Pechholdova, Charles University, Prague