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This chart lists screenings, tests, or exams you might need more often or earlier because of having high-risk factors or things in your life that increase your chances of developing a condition or disease.

if it applies	Are You?	Then ask your doctor or nurse if you need the following screenings, tests, exams, or vaccines more often or at a younger age:
	African American	Blood pressure test, cholesterol test, blood glucose test, vision exam, colonoscopy, genetic counseling for sickle cell anemia26-32
	Latina	Blood pressure test, cholesterol test, blood glucose test, colonoscopy33-36
	Alaska Native or Pacific Islander	Blood glucose test, pneumococcal vaccine37-39
	American Indian	Blood glucose test, pneumococcal vaccine40-42
	Ashkenazi Jewish descent	Genetic counseling for Tay-Sachs disease, if you want to become pregnant43
	Ashkenazi Jewish with family history of breast or ovarian cancer	Genetic counseling for possible BRCA1/2 mutation44-45
	Asian American	Blood glucose test46
	Age 65 or older	Bone mineral density test, flu vaccine, pneumococcal vaccine47-49
	Between the ages of 60 and 64, weigh less than 154 lbs., and not taking estrogen	Bone mineral density test50
	College age	MMR vaccine, varicella vaccine, human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, meningococcal vaccine51-53
	Postmenopausal	Bone mineral density test54
	Pregnant	Blood pressure test, blood glucose test, urine test, HIV test, STD tests, MMR vaccine, hepatitis B antigen test51-53
	A non-pregnant woman of childbearing age	MMR vaccine, varicella vaccine60
	A smoker	Blood pressure test, cholesterol test, bone mineral density test, oral exam, vision exam61
	Overweight	Blood pressure test, blood glucose test, weight62
	Living in prison	Tuberculosis (TB) test; HIV test; STD tests; Hepatitis A, B vaccines63-65
	Living in long-term care	TB test, influenza vaccine, pneumococcal vaccine66-68
	A health care worker	TB test, influenza vaccine, pneumococcal vaccine, MMR vaccine, varicella vaccine, HIV test, hepatitis test , hepatitis B vaccine if exposed to blood 69-71