Preventive Services Recommendations
for Normal-Risk Adults

 

Key:    SPACER

 Recommended by most U.S. authorities

Key:  SPACER SPACER

 Recommended by some U.S. authorities

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Years of Age: 18 25 30 35 40 45 50 55 60 65 70 75
Screening
Blood Pressure

PERIODICALLY

Height & Weight

PERIODICALLY

Dental

PERIODICALLY

Alcohol Use

PERIODICALLY

Pap Smear

EVERY 1 – 3 YEARS: depends on group

Cholesterol: Men

EVERY 5 YEARS

Cholesterol: Women

EVERY 5 YEARS

Mammography

EVERY 1-2 YEARS

Sigmoidoscopy

EVERY 5-10 YEARS

Fecal Occult Blood

YEARLY

Vision, Hearing

Periodically

Immunization
Tetanus-Diphtheria

EVERY 10 YEARS

Varicella (VZV)

SUSCEPTIBLES ONLY-2 DOSES

MMR *

CHILDBEARING - 1 DOSE

Pneumococcal

ONE DOSE

Influenza

YEARLY

Counseling
Women Only:
Calcium Intake

PERIODICALLY

Folic Acid

CHILDBEARING AGE

Hormone Therapy

PERI/POST MENOPAUSAL

Mammography

PERIODICALLY

Men Only:
Prostate Cancer

PERIODICALLY

Other Counseling

PERIODICALLY


† Tobacco cessation, drug and alcohol use, STDs and HIV, family planning, domestic violence, unintentional injuries, seat belt use, nutrition, physical activity, fall prevention and polypharmacy (elderly)

Source:  U.S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES  •  PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES   •  1997


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