The Whitehall Study and Black Report, both of which originate in Britain, set the stage for most modern research on the link between social class or socioeconomic status and health and mortality. Both demonstrated a strong and clear connection between socioeconomic status (the term most often used by researchers in the United States) and differential health outcomes. In Britain, the Black Report also became an important flash point in public policy. This book provides a clear and readable update on the trends in and the current status of health differentials by social class. The data brought to bear on the issues …