Functional disability and diabetes among Latin American and Caribbean elders • Flavia Andrade, University of Wisconsin at Madison

Health inequalities tracking into old age: examples and prospects from The English Longitudinal Study Of Ageing (ELSA) • Elizabeth Breeze, University College London ; Mary Pierce, University College London ; James Nazroo, University College London ; Michael Marmot, University College London

Do elderly people feel sad and depressed? Mental health of ageing people. A cross-country comparison based on SHARE • Isabella Buber-Ennser, Vienna Institute of Demography

Gender differences in the onset of disease at old age: the effects of socio-economic and behavioural factors. Results from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing • Edlira Gjonca, University College London ; Arjan Gjonca, London School of Economics

Mortality in old age: an investigation in the MRC Cognitive Function and Ageing Study (MRC CFAS) • Cherie McCracken, Royal Liverpool University Hospital