Health Considerations Based on Your Age

In Your 20s

  • Get an annual well-woman visit (prenatal care can also be a well-woman visit)
  • Choose the right birth control if you have sex
  • Talk to your doctor about whether you plan to have children in the next year
  • Talk to your doctor about when you need a Pap test (21 and older)
  • Talk to your doctor about your risk for sexually transmitted infections and need for screening
  • Get an HIV test at least once in your lifetime
  • Get tested for chlamydia and gonorrhea
  • Get the HPV vaccine if you have not yet received the series of shots
  • Talk to your doctor about your family history of cancers
  • Talk to your doctor about getting screened for Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C

In Your 30s

  • Get an annual well-woman visit
  • Choose the right birth control if you have sex
  • Talk to your doctor about whether you plan to have children in the next year
  • Talk to your doctor about when you need a Pap and HPV test
  • Talk to your doctor about your risk for sexually transmitted infections and need for screening
  • Get an HIV test at least once in your lifetime
  • Talk to your doctor about your family history of cancers
  • Talk to your doctor about getting screened for Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C

In Your 40s

  • Get an annual well-woman visit
  • Choose the right birth control if you have sex
  • Talk to your doctor about whether you plan to have children in the next year
  • Talk to your doctor about when you need a Pap and HPV test
  • Talk to your doctor about whether you are having perimenopause symptoms
  • Talk to your doctor about your risk for sexually transmitted infections and need for screening
  • Get an HIV test at least once in your lifetime
  • Talk to your doctor about your family history of cancers
  • Talk to your doctor about whether you should have a screening mammogram
  • Talk to your doctor about getting screened for Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C

In Your 50s

  • Get an annual well-woman visit
  • Choose the right birth control if you still get your period
  • Talk to your doctor about when you need a Pap and HPV test
  • Talk to your doctor about menopause symptoms
  • Talk to your doctor about your risk for sexually transmitted infections and need for screening
  • Get an HIV test at least once in your lifetime
  • Talk to your doctor about your family history of cancers
  • Get screened for colorectal cancer (50-75)
  • Get a mammogram every other year
  • Get screened for Hepatitis C if you was born between 1945 and 1965
  • Talk to your doctor about getting screened for Hepatitis B
  • Ask about lung cancer screening if you are a current or past smoker (55 and older)
  • Ask about daily aspirin use (55 and older)

In Your 60s

  • Get an annual well-woman visit
  • Talk to your doctor about when you need a Pap and HPV test (65 and younger)
  • Talk to your doctor about your risk for sexually transmitted infections and need for screening
  • Get an HIV test at least once in your lifetime (65 and younger)
  • Talk to your doctor about your family history of cancers
  • Get screened for colorectal cancer (50-75)
  • Get a mammogram every other year
  • Get screened for Hepatitis C if you were born between 1945 and 1965
  • Talk to your doctor about getting screened for Hepatitis B
  • Talk to your doctor about preventing falls (60 and older)
  • Talk to your doctor about osteoporosis screening (60 and older)
  • Get a pneumonia shot (65 and older)
  • Ask about lung cancer screening if you are a current or past smoker (55 and older)
  • Ask about daily aspirin use (55 and older)

In Your 70s+

  • Get an annual well-woman visit
  • Talk to your doctor about your risk for sexually transmitted infections and need for screening
  • Talk to your doctor about your family history of cancers
  • Get a mammogram every other year (74 and younger)
  • Talk to your doctor about getting screened for Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C
  • Get screened for colorectal cancer (50-75)
  • Talk to your doctor about any hearing or vision problems (70 and older)
  • Ask about lung cancer screening if you are a current or past smoker (55 and older)
  • Ask about daily aspirin use (55 and older)