Foreword / Peter Townsend -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The health gap -- 3. Explaining the gap -- 4. The widening gap -- 5. Narrowing the gap -- the policy debate -- Appendix A. Premature mortality, poverty and avoidable deaths for each Parliamentary Constituency in Britain by Member of Parliament and their Party 1991-95 -- Appendix B. Technical details for estimating numbers living in poverty -- Appendix C. Does the spatial distribution of social class explain geographical inequalities in health?
Summary
This volume presents new evidence on the size of the health gap between different groups of people in Britain. It asks whether the government is concerned enough about reducing inequalities and highlights living conditions in the worst areas
