Quick Reference Guide to Men's Preventive Services
Screening Tests
Ages 18-39
Full checkup,
including
weight and
height
Blood pressure
check
Talk with your
doctor or
nurse
Cholesterol test
Ages 40-49
Ages 50-64
Get checked
at least every
two years if
you have
normal blood
pressure,
lower than
120/80
Get checked at
least every two
years if you
have normal
blood
pressure,
lower than
120/80
Get checked at
least every two
years if you
have normal
blood
pressure,
lower than
120/80
Get checked at
least every two
years if you
have normal
blood pressure,
lower than
120/80
Get tested
once a year if
blood pressure
is between
120/80 and
139/89.
Get tested
once a year if
blood pressure
is between
120/80 and
139/89
Get tested
once a year if
blood pressure
is between
120/80 and
139/89
Get tested once
a year if blood
pressure is
between 120/80
and 139/89
Talk about
treatment
choices with
your doctor or
nurse if your
blood pressure
is 140/90 or
higher.
Starting at age
20 until age
35, get a
cholesterol
test regularly if
you are at
increased risk
for heart
disease.
Talk about
treatment
choices with
your doctor or
nurse if your
blood pressure
is 140/90 or
higher.
Get a
cholesterol test
regularly.
Talk about
treatment
choices with
your doctor or
nurse if your
blood pressure
is 140/90 or
higher.
Get a
cholesterol test
regularly.
Talk about
treatment
choices with
your doctor or
nurse if your
blood pressure
is 140/90 or
higher.
Get a
cholesterol test
regularly.
Ask your
doctor or nurse
how often you
need your
cholesterol
tested.
Ask your
doctor or nurse
how often you
need your
cholesterol
tested.
Ask your doctor
or nurse how
often you need
your cholesterol
tested.
Starting at age
35 and older,
get a
Ages 65 and
Older
Talk with your
Talk with your Talk with your
doctor or nurse doctor or nurse doctor or nurse
cholesterol
test regularly.
Diabetes
screening
Ask your
doctor or
nurse how
often you need
your
cholesterol
tested.
Get checked
for diabetes if
your blood
pressure is
higher than
135/80 or if
you take
medicine for
high blood
pressure.
Get checked
for diabetes if
your blood
pressure is
higher than
135/80 or if
you take
medicine for
high blood
pressure.
Colorectal
cancer
screening (fecal
occult blood
testing,
sigmoidoscopy
or colonoscopy)
HIV test
Syphilis test
Get tested if
you are at
increased risk
for HIV.
Get tested if
you are at
increased risk
for HIV.
Get checked
for diabetes if
your blood
pressure is
higher than
135/80 or if
you take
medicine for
high blood
pressure.
Starting at age
50, get
screened for
colorectal
cancer.
Talk to your
doctor or nurse
about which
screening test
is best for you
and how often
you need it.
Get tested if
you are at
increased risk
for HIV.
Talk about
your risk for
HIV with your
doctor or
nurse.
Talk about
your risk for
HIV with your
doctor or
nurse.
Talk about
your risk for
HIV with your
doctor or
nurse.
Get tested for
syphilis if you
Get tested for
syphilis if you
Get tested for
syphilis if you
Get checked for
diabetes if your
blood pressure
is higher than
135/80 or if you
take medicine
for high blood
pressure.
Get screened
for colorectal
cancer through
age 75.
Talk to your
doctor or nurse
about which
screening test is
best for you and
how often you
need it.
Get tested if you
are at increased
risk for HIV.
Talk about your
risk for HIV with
your doctor or
nurse.
Get tested for
syphilis if you
are at
increased risk.
are at
increased risk.
are at
increased risk
are at increased
risk.
Talk about
your risk with
your doctor or
nurse.
Talk about
your risk with
your doctor or
nurse.
Talk about
your risk with
your doctor or
nurse.
Talk about your
risk with your
doctor or nurse.
Abdominal
aortic aneurysm
(AAA) screening
Prostate Cancer
Screening
Talk to your
doctor about
your risks for
prostate
cancer and if
screenings
could benefit
you.
Talk to your
doctor about
your risks for
prostate
cancer and if
screenings
could benefit
you.
Get this onetime test if you
are age 65-75
and have ever
smoked.
Most prostate
cancers are
found in men
over 65. Talk to
your doctor
about your risks
for prostate
cancer and if
screenings
could benefit
you.
Sources: bluecare.bcbst.com
WomensHealth.gov - www.womenshealth.gov/screening-tests-and-vaccines/screening-tests-for-men/
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention - www.cdc.gov/Features/ProstateCancer/;
http://www.cdc.gov/dhdsp/data_statistics/fact_sheets/fs_aortic_aneurysm.htm
Men’s Health Network - www.prostatehealthguide.com/cancer_risk.html
US Preventive Task Force - www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/prostatecancerscreening.htm
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