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# Yearly health checkup cheat-sheet.
[Source](https://www.uhhospitals.org/services/primary-care/routine-care/your-guide-to-health-screenings-by-age#men).
## Men.
### 20s - 30s.
Frequency|Screening
---|---
Every month|Self-check skin cancer screening, Testicular self-exam.
Once a year|Blood pressure screening; Height, weight, body mass index (BMI); Cardiovascular evaluation; Comprehensive physical exam; Depression screening; Testicular cancer screening.
Every 2-5 years|Blood sugar test, Eye exam.
Every 5 years|Cholesterol check.
As needed|Fertility testing, Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) tests.
### 40s.
All of the above screenings, plus the following:
Frequency|Screening
---|---
Once a year|Full-body skin exam.
Every 2-5 years|Cholesterol check.
Every 10 years|Colon cancer screening.
### 50s.
All of the above screenings, plus the following.
Frequency|Screening
---|---
Once a year|Cholesterol check.
Every 10 years|Cardiac calcium scoring, Hearing test.
As needed|Bone density test, Low-dose lung CT scan, Prostate specific antigen (PSA) screening.
### 60s.
All of the above screenings, plus the following:
Frequency|Screening
---|---
Once a year|Dementia and Alzheimer’s screening.
As needed|Abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA).
## Women.
### 20s - 30s.
Frequency|Screening
---|---
Every month|Breast self-exam, Self-check skin cancer screening.
Once a year|Blood pressure screening; Height, weight, body mass index (BMI); Breast self-exam; Cardiovascular evaluation; Comprehensive physical exam; Depression screening.
Every 2-5 years|Blood sugar test, Eye exam, Human papilloma virus (HPV) test, Pap test.
Every 5 years|Cholesterol check.
As needed|Sexually transmitted diseases (STD) tests.
### 40s.
All of the above screenings, plus the following:
Frequency|Screening
---|---
Once a year|Mammogram, Full-body skin exams.
Every 2-5 years|Cholesterol check.
Every 10 years|Colon cancer screening.
### 50s.
All of the above screenings, plus the following.
Frequency|Screening
---|---
Every 5 years|Bone density test, Thyroid panel.
Every 10 years|Cardiac calcium scoring, Hearing test.
As needed|Low-dose lung CT scan.
### 60s.
All of the above screenings, plus the following:
Frequency|Screening
---|---
Once a year|Dementia and Alzheimer’s screening.