Preventive Health Care
Ages 40 - 64
Mercy Clinics recommends the following routine preventive health screening evaluations. To learn more about each of these preventive tests, please click on the name of the test below.
| Test |
Interval Recommended |
| Preventive Health Exam |
1 – 2 Years |
| Blood Sugar |
Every 3 Years |
| Cholesterol |
Every 5 Years |
| Pap Test |
Every 1-3 Years |
| Thyroid Test |
Physician discretion |
| Colon Cancer Tests |
Yearly after age 50 |
| Occult Fecal Blood |
Every 5 years after age 50 |
| Sigmoidoscopy or Colonoscopy |
Every 10 years after age 50 |
| Mammogram |
Every 1- 2 Years age 40-50, and Yearly after age 50 |
| EKG |
Physician discretion |
| Chest X-ray |
Physician discretion |
| Osteoporosis Test |
Consider after menopause and All women greater than 65 years |
| Tetanus Diphtheria Immunization |
Every 10 Years |
| Flu Shot |
Yearly after age 50 |
| Pneumonia Shot |
Once after age 65 |
| Eye Exam |
Periodically |
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