Facts and Statistics About Eyes and Contact Lenses

So you want to wear contact lenses or. Well, you're not alone.

• Over 30 million Americans wear contact lenses
• Two-thirds of all contact lens wearers are female
• Ten percent are age 18 or under
• Fifteen percent are between the ages of 18-24
• Fifty percent are 25 to 44 years old
• Most contact lens wearers are nearsighted
• 80% wear daily wear soft lenses
• Over fifty percent wear 1 to 2 Week disposable lenses
• Fifteen percent wear extended wear soft lenses
• Fifteen percent wear GP (gas permeable) lenses
• More than 80 percent of contact lens wearers go to an optometrist for their eye care.
• More than 97 percent of the practicing doctors of optometry offer contact lens services

Source: Contact Lens Institute, May 2003

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