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Age Appropriate Health Screenings

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WOMEN

Age Timing Screening  

20s & 30s

Once a month • Breast self-exam • Self-check skin cancer screening
Once a year • Blood pressure screening
• Height, weight, body mass index (BMI)
• Breast self-exam
• Cardiovascular evaluation
• Comprehensive physical exam
• Depression screening
Every 2-5 years * • Blood sugar test
• Eye exam
• Human papilloma virus (HPV) test
• Pap test
Every 5 years • Cholesterol check  
As needed * • Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) tests  
Age Timing Screening  

40s

Once a month • Breast self-exam • Self-check skin cancer screening
Once a year • Mammogram
• Full-body skin exams
• Blood pressure screening
• Height, weight, body mass index (BMI)
• Breast self-exam
• Cardiovascular evaluation
• Comprehensive physical exam
• Depression screening
Every 2-5 years * • Blood sugar test
• Eye exam
• Human papilloma virus (HPV) test
• Pap test
• Cholesterol check
Every 10 years • Colon cancer screening
As needed * • Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) tests
Age Timing Screening  

50s

Once a month • Breast self-exam • Self-check skin cancer screening
Once a year • Mammogram
• Full-body skin exams
• Blood pressure screening
• Height, weight, body mass index (BMI)
• Breast self-exam
• Cardiovascular evaluation
• Comprehensive physical exam
• Depression screening
Every 2-5 years * • Blood sugar test
• Eye exam
• Human papilloma virus (HPV) test
• Pap test
• Cholesterol check
Every 5 years • Bone density test • Thyroid pane
Every 10 years • Colon cancer screening
• Cardiac calcium scoring
• Hearing test
As needed * • Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) tests • Low-dose lung CT scan
Age Timing Screening  

60s

Once a month • Breast self-exam • Self-check skin cancer screening
Once a year • Mammogram
• Full-body skin exams
• Blood pressure screening
• Height, weight, body mass index (BMI)
• Breast self-exam
• Cardiovascular evaluation
• Comprehensive physical exam
• Depression screening
• Dementia and Alzheimer’s
screening
Every 2-5 years * • Blood sugar test
• Eye exam
• Human papilloma virus (HPV) test
• Pap test
• Cholesterol check
Every 5 years • Bone density test • Thyroid pane
Every 10 years • Colon cancer screening
• Cardiac calcium scoring
• Hearing test
As needed * • Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) tests • Low-dose lung CT scan

* And/or as recommended by your primary care provider
Source: https://www.uhhospitals.org/services/primary-care/routine-care/your-guide-to-health-screenings-by-age (12-01-2024)

MEN

Age Timing Screening  

20s & 30s

Once a month • Self-check skin cancer screening • Testicular self-exa
Once a year • Blood pressure screening
• Height, weight, body mass index (BMI)
• Cardiovascular evaluation
• Comprehensive physical exam
• Depression screening
• Testicular cancer screening
Every 2-5 years *  Blood sugar test • Eye exam
Every 5 years • Cholesterol check  
As needed * • Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) tests Fertility testing
Age Timing Screening  

40s

Once a month • Self-check skin cancer screening • Testicular self-exam
Once a year • Full-body skin exam
• Blood pressure screening
• Height, weight, body mass index (BMI)
• Cardiovascular evaluation
• Comprehensive physical exam
• Depression screening
• Testicular cancer screening
Every 2-5 years * • Cholesterol check
• Blood sugar test
• Eye exam
Every 10 years • Colon cancer screening  
As needed * • Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) tests Fertility testing
Age Timing Screening  

50s

Once a month • Self-check skin cancer screening • Testicular self-exam
Once a year • Cholesterol check
• Full-body skin exam
• Blood pressure screening
• Height, weight, body mass index (BMI)
• Cardiovascular evaluation
• Comprehensive physical exam
• Depression screening
• Testicular cancer screening
Every 2-5 years * • Blood sugar test • Pap test
• Cholesterol check
Every 5 years • Bone density test • Eye exam
Every 10 years •Colon cancer screening
• Cardiac calcium scoring
• Hearing test
As needed * • Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) tests
• Fertility testing
• Bone density test
• Low-dose lung CT scan
• Prostate specific antigen (PSA)
screening
Age Timing Screening  

60s

Once a month • Self-check skin cancer screening • Testicular self-exam
Once a year • Dementia and Alzheimer’s screening
• Cholesterol check
• Full-body skin exam
• Blood pressure screening
• Height, weight, body mass index (BMI)
• Cardiovascular evaluation
• Comprehensive physical exam
• Depression screening
• Testicular cancer screening
Every 2-5 years * • Blood sugar test • Eye exam
Every 5 years • Bone density test • Thyroid pane
Every 10 years • Colon cancer screening
• Cardiac calcium scoring
• Hearing test
As needed * • Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) tests
• Fertility testing
• Bone density test
• Low-dose lung CT scan
• Prostate specific antigen (PSA)
screening
• Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA)

* And/or as recommended by your primary care provider
Source: https://www.uhhospitals.org/services/primary-care/routine-care/your-guide-to-health-screenings-by-age (12-01-2024)

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