Statistics

2010 – Vision impairment by gender: 64% Female, 36% Male

2010 – Blindness by gender:
55% Female, 34% Male

31% of people in the U.S. need vision correction due to presbyopia or age related "farsightedness."

82% of people living with blindness are aged 50 and above.

80% OF ALL EYE DISEASE IS PREVENTABLE OR CURABLE

About 75% of all people over the age of 65 have some form of Cataracts.

Early detection and treatment are the best ways to control cataracts.

An estimated 1.4 million children are blind, 320,000 of whom live in sub-Saharan Africa.

Approximately 2% or 2.2 million Americans 40 years and older have glaucoma.

Computers are the number one source of vision complaints in the workplace.

Myopia, or nearsightedness, is a common vision problem affecting about 34% of the population.

19% of people in the U.S. use contact lenses.

1.6 million Americans aged 50 years and older have age related macular degeneration.

61% of people in the U.S. need eyewear due to Myopia or "nearsightedness."

Hyperopia or farsightedness is a common vision problem affecting about 25% of the population.

64% of people in the U.S. use eyeglasses.

Globally the major causes of visual impairment are:

Uncorrected refractive errors - 43%, unoperated cataract - 33%, glaucoma - 2%.

48% of parents in the U.S. with children under 12 have never taken their child to an eye care professional

the percentage is much higher in Armenia.

In the U.S., 64% of adults or
143 million people wear prescriptive eyewear.

Only half of the estimated 61 million adults in the United States, who classify as being at high risk for serious vision loss, have visited an eye doctor in the past year.

An estimated 3.1% of deaths worldwide are directly or indirectly due to cataract, glaucoma, trachoma & onchocerciasis.

Globally,
UNCORRECTED REFRACTIVE ERRORS
are the main cause of moderate and severe visual impairment.

There are an estimated 45 million BLIND people and 246 million have LOW VISION.

For each decade after 40 there's a 300% increase in blindness.

The global prevalence of
childhood blindness is thought to be around 4%
or approximately one tenth of the prevalence of blindness in adults.

80% of all learning takes place visually in the first 12 years of life.

In developing countries, it is believed that 60-80% of children who become blind die within 1-2 years.

The global financial cost of childhood blindness is said to be between
$6 billion & $27 billion.

Approximately 2.5% or 5.3 million Americans aged 18 years and older have diabetic retinopathy.

Worldwide, up to 70% of childhood blindness is preventable.

Over 70% of the U.S. work force requires vision correction.

Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness in the middle and low income countries.

90% OF PEOPLE WHO ARE BLIND LIVE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES WITH LOW INCOME

61% of the U.S. adult population had an eye examination within the past year.

Approximately 16% or 20.5 million Americans 40 years and older have cataracts.

2010 – Blindness by Race:

83% White, 11% Black, 3% Hispanic, 3% Other

Approximately 14 million Americans aged 12 years and older have self-reported visual impairment defined as distance visual acuity of 20/50 or worse.

The leading cause of blindness in children is EYE INJURY and 75% of injuries happen when no adult is present.

Most of these injuries can be prevented by using proper
eye protection and following safety precautions.

Protect your eyes.
The proper eye protection will lessen the severity or prevent 90% of all accidental eye injuries.