Statistics
- 143 million adults wear prescription eye wear in the U.S alone (64% of the adult population.)
- more than 70% of the work force requires vision correction.
- 19% of people use contact lenses.
- 3% use prescription sunglasses.
- 61% need eye wear due to myopia.
- 31% need eye correction due to age related presbyopia.
- 48% of parents with children under 12 have taken their child to an eye care professional.
- 125 people globally wear contact lenses.
- $6.1 billion dollars is the annual worldwide revenue from contact lenses sales.
- the average age of contact lens wearers is 31 years old.
- 30% of Americans are near sighted.
- 60% of Americans are far sighted.
Visually impaired in the U.S Type of correction by age Amount of time you wear glasses