St. Joseph's Medical Group

Recommended Preventive Health Screening for Adults

Preventative Services	19-39		40-64		65 and over
	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women
Cholesterol Check	Every 5 years	Every 5 years	Every 5 years	Every 5 years	Every 5 years	Every 5 years
Clinical Breast Exam	--	Every 3 years Beginning at age 20	--	Every Year	--	Every year to age 75
Mammogram	--	--	--	Every Year	--	Every year to age 75
Pap Test	--	At least every three years after 3 normal, consecutive annual exams	--	At least every three years after 3 normal, consecutive annual exams	--	At least every three years after 3 normal, consecutive annual exams
Colon Cancer Screening	--	--	Annually at age 50- Frequency varies with screening method		Every 5 years until age 80
Tetanus-diphtheria (Td) booster	Every 10 years		Every 10 years		Every 10 years
Influenza Vaccine	Every Year if at high risk		Every Year if at high risk		Every Year
Pneumococcal Vaccine	Once if at high risk		Once if at high risk		Once at age 65
Hepatitis B Vaccine	If not done previously		--	--	--	--
Prostate Exam	--	--	At age 50, then yearly	--	Yearly	--