Screening
|
Who needs it
|
How often
|
Alcohol misuse
|
All adults
|
At routine exams
|
Blood pressure
|
All adults
|
Yearly checkup if your blood pressure is normal*
Normal blood pressure is less than 120/80 mm Hg*
If your blood pressure reading is higher than normal, follow the advice of your healthcare provider
|
Depression
|
All men in this age group
|
At routine exams
|
Type 2 diabetes or prediabetes
|
All men beginning at age 45 and men without symptoms at any age who are overweight or obese and have 1 or more additional risk factors for diabetes
|
At least every 3 years (annually if blood sugar is already rising)
|
Type 2 diabetes
|
All men with prediabetes
|
Every year
|
Hepatitis C
|
Anyone at increased risk
|
At routine exams
|
HIV
|
All men
|
At routine exams
|
High cholesterol and triglycerides
|
All men ages 35 and older, and younger men at high risk for coronary artery disease
|
At least every 5 years
|
Obesity
|
All adults
|
At routine exams
|
Prostate cancer
|
Starting at age 45, talk to healthcare provider about risks and benefits of digital rectal exam (DRE) and prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening***
|
At routine exams
|
Colorectal cancer
|
Men of average risk ages 45 and older
|
Several tests are available and used at different times.
Possible tests include:
-
Colonoscopy every 10 years, or
-
Flexible sigmoidoscopy every 5 years (or every 10 years with yearly FIT stool test), or
-
CT colonography (virtual colonoscopy) every 5 years, or
-
Colonoscopy every 10 years, or
-
Yearly fecal occult blood test, or
-
Yearly fecal immunochemical test (FIT), or
-
Stool DNA test, every 1 to 3 years
You will need a follow-up colonoscopy if you choose any test other than a colonoscopy and you have an abnormal result. Talk with your doctor about which tests are best for you.
Some people should be screened using a different schedule because of their personal or family health history. Talk with your provider about your health history.
|
Syphilis
|
Anyone at increased risk for infection
|
At routine exams
|
Tuberculosis
|
Anyone at increased risk for infection
|
Check with your healthcare provider
|
Vision
|
All adults1
|
Every 2 to 4 years if no risk factors for eye disease
|
Counseling
|
Who needs it
|
How often
|
Diet and exercise,
|
Adults who are overweight or obese
|
When diagnosed and at routine exams
|
Aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular problems
|
Men ages 45 to 79, when potential benefits from a decrease in heart attacks outweigh the harm or risks from an increase in gastrointestinal hemorrhage
|
When diagnosed with risk for cardiovascular/heart disease; check with your healthcare provider before starting
|
Sexually transmitted infection prevention
|
Anyone at increased risk for infection
|
At routine exams
|
Tobacco use and tobacco-related disease
|
All adults
|
Every exam
|
Immunization
|
Who needs it
|
How often
|
Tetanus/diphtheria/ pertussis (Td/Tdap) booster
|
All adults
|
Td: every 10 years
Tdap: substitute a 1-time dose of Tdap for a Td booster after age 18, then boost with Td every 10 years
|
Measles, mumps, rubella (MMR)
|
All adults in this age group who have no record of previous infection or vaccines**
|
1 or 2 doses
|
Chickenpox (varicella)
|
All adults in this age group who have no record of previous infection or vaccines**
|
2 doses; the second dose should be given at least 4 weeks after the first dose
|
Flu (seasonal)
|
All adults
|
Yearly, when the vaccine becomes available in the community
|
Hepatitis A
|
People at risk 2
|
2 doses given at least 6 months apart
|
Hepatitis B
|
People at risk 3
|
3 doses; the second dose should be given 1 month after the first dose, and the third dose should be given at least 2 months after the second dose (or at least 4 months after the first dose)
|
Haemophilus influenza Type B (HIB)
|
People at risk
|
1 to 3 doses
|
Meningococcal
|
People at risk**
|
1 or more doses
|
Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) and pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (PPSV23)
|
People at risk 4
|
PCV13: 1 dose ages 19 to 65 (protects against 13 types of pneumococcal bacteria)
PPSV23: 1 to 2 doses through age 64, or 1 dose at 65 or older (protects against 23 types of pneumococcal bacteria)
|