Chapter 1: Introduction: M. Nazrul Hoque, Beverly Pecotte, and Mary A. McGehee -- Section I: Mortality and Morbidity Trends in Developed Countries: Chapter 2: Are Americans Getting Sicker? An Analysis of Emerging Morbidity Trends: Richard K. Thomas -- Chapter 3: Reproductive Health Policy Variability among the States over Time: Implications of the Affordable Care Act of 2010 for Health Researchers: Monica Gaughan and Georgia Michlig -- Chapter 4: The Impact of Personality Change on Health among a Diverse Sample of Older Americans: Findings from the Health and Retirement Study: Latrica E. Best -- Chapter 5: Does social engagement predict frailty and mortality in the older population?: Yumiko Kamiya and Rose Anne Kenny -- Chapter 6: Predictors of Exceptional Longevity: Gender Differences in Effects of Early-Life and Middle Conditions: Leonid A. Gavrilov and Natalia S. Gavrilova -- Chapter 7: Maternal Morbidity and Mortality: Exploring Racial/Ethnic Differences using New Data from Birth and Death Certificates: Sally C. Curtin and Donna L. Hoyert -- Chapter 8: Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Infant Mortality, 1990 to 2004:Low Birth Weight, Maternal Complications and Other Causes: Ginny Garcia and Hyeyoung Woo -- Chapter 9: Black-White Mortality Differentials at Old-Age: New Evidence from the National Longitudinal Mortality Study: Duygu Başaran Şahin and Frank W. Heiland -- Chapter 10: Healthcare Utilization as a source of Health Disparities among U. S. Male Immigrants: Jen’nan Ghazal Read and E. Paige Borelli -- Chapter 11: Activity Limitation Disparities by Sexual Minority Status, Gender, and Union Status: Russell Spiker, Corinne Reczek, and Hui Liu -- Chapter 12: The relationship between maternal pre-pregnancy BMI and preschool obesity: Susan L. Alvertt and Erin K. Fletcher -- Chapter 13: Prevalence and Elimination of Childhood Lead Poisoning in Illinois, 1996-2012: Frida D. Fokum, Mohammed Shahidullah, Emile Jorgensen, and Helen Binns -- Chapter 14: A Demographic Analysis of the Health Care Status of Children from LGBT Household: Zelma Tuthill -- Section II: Mortality and Morbidity in Developing Countries: Chapter 15: Implications of Age Structural Transition and Longevity Improvement on Healthcare Spending in India: Preeti Dhillon and Laishram Ladusing -- Chapter 16: Impact of Scale-up of Maternal and Delivery Care on Reductions in Neonatal Mortality in USAID MCH Priority Countries, 2000-2010: Rebecca Winter, Thomsa Pullum, Lia Florey, and Steve Hodgins -- Chapter 17: HIV/AIDS: A Survey of Beliefs, Attitudes, and Behavior in Post War Liberia: Komanduri S. Murty -- Chapter 18: Effects of Childhood and Current Socioeconomic Status on Health among Older adults in low and middle-income Countries: An analysis of WHO-SAGE data: Y.Selvamani, P.Arokiasamy and Uttamacharya -- Chapter 19: Effects of Selected Socio-demographic Variables on Fertility among Diabetic Patients in Bangladesh: Md. Obaidur Rahman, Md. Rafiqul Islam, Clyde McNeil and M. Korban Ali -- Chapter 20: Behavioral or Biological: Taking a closer Look at the Relationship between HIV and Fertility: Mahmud, Ayesha S. Mahmud -- Chapter 21: Global patterns of multimorbidity: a comparison of 28 countries using the World Health Surveys: Sara Afshar, Paul J Roderick, Paul Kowal, Borislav D Dimitrov, and Allan G Hill -- Chapter 22: Does father's education make a difference on child mortality? Result from Benin DHS data using conditional logit discrete-time model: Fortuné Sossa , Mira Johri, and Thomas LeGrand. .