Corrective Lens Use Statistics |
Total percentage of Americans that use some form of corrective lens |
75% |
Total amount of Americans that use some form of corrective lens |
225 million |
Percent who wear glasses |
64 % |
Percent who wear contact lenses |
11 % |
Contact Lens Statistics |
|
Number of people globally who ear contact lenses |
125 million |
Number of Americans who wear contact lenses |
38 million |
Annual worldwide revenue from contact lens sales |
$6.1 billion |
US annual revenue from contact lens sales |
$2.1 billion |
Average age of contact lens wearers |
31 years |
Percent of wearers who are female |
67 % |
Eye Vision Statistics |
|
Percent of Americans who are near-sighted |
30 % |
Percent of Americans who are far-sighted |
60 % |
Number of Americans age 40 and older who have cataracts |
22 million |
Estimate annual treatment costs for cataracts |
$6.8 billion |
Eye Glasses and Contact Lens Industry Statistics |
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Number of eye glasses and contact lens stores in the U.S. |
7,608 |
Number of people employed by the corrective lens store industry |
73,261 |
Estimate worldwide annual revenue from contact lens sales in 2015 |
$15 billion |
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