Screen Info For Women 
Screen Info For Men
| Screening Tests | For Who | Ages 18–39 | Ages 40–49 | Ages 50–64 | Ages 65 and older |
| General Health: Full checkup, including weight and height |
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Discuss with your doctor or nurse. | Discuss with your doctor or nurse. | Discuss with your doctor or nurse. | Discuss with your doctor or nurse. |
| Thyroid (TSH) Test | |
Discuss with your doctor or nurse. | Discuss with your doctor or nurse. | Discuss with your doctor or nurse. | Discuss with your doctor or nurse. |
| HIV Test | |
Get this test at least once to find out your HIV status. Ask your doctor if and when you need the test again. |
Get this test at least once to find out your HIV status. Ask your doctor if and when you need the test again. |
Get this test at least once to find out your HIV status. Ask your doctor if and when you need the test again. |
Discuss with your doctor or nurse. |
| Heart Health: Blood pressure test |
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At least every 2 years | At least every 2 years | At least every 2 years | At least every 2 years |
| Cholesterol Test | |
Start at age 20, discuss with your doctor or nurse. | Discuss with your doctor or nurse. | Discuss with your doctor or nurse. | Discuss with your doctor or nurse. |
| Bone Health: Bone density screen |
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Discuss with your doctor or nurse. | Discuss with your doctor or nurse. | Get a bone mineral density test at least once. Talk to your doctor or nurse about repeat testing. | |
| Diabetes: Blood glucose or A1c test |
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Discuss with your doctor or nurse. | Start at age 45, then every 3 years | Every 3 years | Every 3 years |
| Breast Health: Mammogram (x-ray of breast) |
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Every 1–2 years. Discuss with your doctor or nurse. | Every 1–2 years. Discuss with your doctor or nurse. | Every 1–2 years. Discuss with your doctor or nurse. | |
| Clinical Breast Exam | |
At least every 3 years starting in your 20s | Yearly | Yearly | Yearly |
| Reproductive Health: Pap test | |
Every 2 years starting at age 21. Women 30 and older, every 3 years. | Every 3 years | Every 3 years | Discuss with your doctor or nurse. |
| Pelvic Exam | |
Yearly beginning at age 21. Younger than 21 and sexually active, discuss with your doctor or nurse. | Yearly | Yearly | Yearly |
| Chlamydia test | |
Yearly until age 25 if sexually active. Age 26 and older, get this test if you have new or multiple partners. | Get this test if you have new or multiple partners. |
Get this test if you have new or multiple partners. |
Get this test if you have new or multiple partners. |
| Prostate Health: Digital rectal exam (DRE) |
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Discuss with your doctor or nurse. | Discuss with your doctor or nurse. | Discuss with your doctor or nurse. | |
| Prostate-specific Antigen (PSA) Test | |
Discuss with your doctor or nurse. | Discuss with your doctor or nurse. | Discuss with your doctor or nurse. | |
| Reproductive Health: Testicular exam | |
Discuss with your doctor or nurse. | Discuss with your doctor or nurse. | Discuss with your doctor or nurse. | Discuss with your doctor or nurse. |
| Sexually transmitted infection (STI) tests |
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Both partners should get tested for STIs, including HIV, before initiating sexual intercourse. |
Both partners should get tested for STIs, including HIV, before initiating sexual intercourse. |
Both partners should get tested for STIs, including HIV, before initiating sexual intercourse. |
Both partners should get tested for STIs, including HIV, before initiating sexual intercourse. |
| Colorectal Health (use 1 of these 3 methods): Fecal occult blood test |
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Yearly | Yearly. Older than age 75, discuss with your doctor. | ||
| Flexible Sigmoidoscopy (with fecal occult blood test) |
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Every 5 years | Every 5 years. Older than age 75, discuss with your doctor. | ||
| Colonoscopy | |
Every 10 years | Every 10 years. Older than age 75, discuss with your doctor. | ||
| Eye and Ear Health: Comprehensive eye exam | |
Discuss with your doctor. | Get a baseline exam at age 40, then every 2–4 years or as your doctor advises. | Every 2–4 years until age 55, then every 1-3 years until age 65, or as your doctor advises. | Every 1–2 years |
| Hearing Test | |
Starting at age 18, then every 10 years | Every 10 years | Every 3 years | Every 3 years |
| Skin Health: Mole exam |
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Monthly mole self-exam; by a doctor as part of a routine full checkup starting at age 20. |
Monthly mole self-exam; by a doctor as part of your routine full checkup. | Monthly mole self-exam; by a doctor as part of your routine full checkup. | Monthly mole self-exam; by a doctor as part of your routine full checkup. |
| Oral Health: Dental exam |
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Routinely; discuss with your dentist. | Routinely; discuss with your dentist. | Routinely; discuss with your dentist. | Routinely; discuss with your dentist. |
| Mental Health Screening | |
Discuss with your doctor or nurse. | Discuss with your doctor or nurse. | Discuss with your doctor or nurse. | Discuss with your doctor or nurse. |
| Immunizations: Seasonal influenza vaccine | |
Yearly | Yearly | Yearly | Yearly |
| Pneumococcal Vaccine | |
One Time Only | |||
| Tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis booster vaccine | |
Every 10 years | Every 10 years | Every 10 years | Every 10 years |
| Meningococcal Vaccine | |
Discuss with your doctor or nurse if you are a college student or military recruit. | |||
| Herpes zoster vaccine | |
Starting at age 60, one time only. Ask your doctor if it is okay for you to get it. | Starting at age 60, one time only. Ask your doctor if it is okay for you to get it. | ||
| Human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine |
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Up to age 26, if not already completed vaccine series; discuss with your doctor or nurse. |
Content last reviewed: March 18, 2010.
