Which of the following statements may explain why SES disparities in health and mortality are larger in the United States than in other industrialized nations?

A) Socioeconomic groups are less likely to be segregated by neighborhood in the United States than in other countries.
B) Even high-SES Americans are less likely to seek medical treatment than adults in other countries.
C) Low-income and poverty-stricken U.S. families are financially less well-off than families classified in these ways in other countries.
D) The wealthiest Americans have much higher incomes than in other industrialized nations, widening the SES gap.

C