Prior reviews of the early research on discrimination and health have found an inverse association between discrimination and morbidity (Williams et al. 2003; Krieger 1999). Mental health status was the most frequently used health outcome and other self-reported indicators of health were widely used. Most early studies were U.S.-based and cross-sectional in design. To assess the current state of the empirical evidence on discrimination and health, we conducted a systematic review of the PubMed database to update the recent review by Paradies (2006) which covered the period of 2000–2004. We used the search terms racism, racial discrimination, race and discrimination, perceived discrimination, prejudice, racial prejudice, racialized prejudice, race discrimination, racialized discrimination, ethnic discrimination, social discrimination, racialized and racialization to identify relevant studies published between 2005 and 2007. Our search initially yielded 5,107 articles. These articles or their abstracts were individually reviewed to select only those published during the three year period 2005–2007 (epubs for 2008 publications were excluded), that empirically examined the association between a measure of perceived discrimination and an indicator of health status or healthcare utilization. One hundred
