Who Is
Wearing Contact Lenses Today?
- 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
- Eighty percent 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
Reference for
Contact Lenses Article
Contact Lens
Institute
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