General Screenings and Immunizations Guidelines for Women 2

This chart lists recommended screenings and immunizations for women at average risk for most diseases. These are guidelines only. Your health care provider will personalize the timing of each test and immunization to best meet your health care needs.
Screening Tests	Ages 18-39	Ages 40-49	Ages 50-64	Ages 65+
Colorectal Health Fecal Occult Blood Test			Yearly	Yearly
Flexible Sigmoidoscopy (with Fecal occult blood test is preferred)			Every 5 years	Every 5 years
Double Contrast Barium enema (DCBE)			Every 5-10 years (if not having colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy)	Every 5-10 years (if not having colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy)
Colonoscopy			Every 10 years	Every 10 years
Rectal exam	Discuss with your health care provider.	Discuss with your health care provider.	Every 5-10 years with each screening (sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, or DCBE)	Every 5-10 years with each screening (sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, or DCBE)
Eye and Ear Health Vision exam with eye care provider	Once initially between age 20 and 39	Every 2-4 years	Every 2-4 years	Every 1-2 years
Hearing test	Starting at age 18, then every 10 years	Every 10 years	Discuss with your health care provider.	Discuss with your health care provider.
Skin Heath Mole exam	Monthly mole self-exam; by a health care provider every 3 years, starting at age 20.	Monthly mole self-exam; by a health care provider every year.	Monthly mole self-exam; by a health care provider every year.	Monthly mole self-exam; by a health care provider every year.
Mental Health Screening	Discuss with your health care provider.	Discuss with your health care provider.	Discuss with your health care provider.	Discuss with your health care provider.
Immunizations Influenza vaccine	Discuss with your health care provider.	Discuss with your health care provider.	Yearly	Yearly
Pneumococcal vaccine				One time only
Tetanus-Diphtheria Booster vaccine	Every 10 years	Every 10 years	Every 10 years	Every 10 years


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