How many people wear contact lenses?
Approximately 32 million people in the United States wear contact lenses. This is about 12 percent of the total population.1 What type of contact lenses are people wearing? An estimated 87 percent of U.S. contact lens wearers wear soft lenses. Only about 13 percent wear rigid gas permeable (RGP) contact lenses.1 Soft Contact Lens Wear (by lens design) Over 80 percent of soft contact lenses sold in the U.S. are spherical design lenses to correct nearsightedness or farsightedness. Approximately 13 percent are toric lenses to correct astigmatism. Only about 5 percent are Bifocal lenses Lenses that have two specific powers—one for distance vision and one for near vision. Bifocal eyeglass lenses have the distance power in the top half of the lens and the near power in the bottom half of the lens. The near power consists of the distance power plus added magnifying power called the add power. In eyeglasses, the near power is located in the lower half of bifocal lenses. In bifocal contact le
Approximately 32 million people in the United States wear contact lenses. This is about 12 percent of the total population.1 What type of contact lenses are people wearing? An estimated 87 percent of U.S. contact lens wearers wear soft lenses. Only about 13 percent wear rigid gas permeable (RGP) contact lenses.1 Soft Contact Lens Wear (by lens design) Over 80 percent of soft contact lenses sold in the U.S. are spherical design lenses to correct nearsightedness or farsightedness. Approximately 13 percent are toric lenses to correct astigmatism. Only about 5 percent are Bifocal lenses Lenses that have two specific powers—one for distance vision and one for near vision. Bifocal eyeglass lenses have the distance power in the top half of the lens and the near power in the bottom half of the lens. The near power consists of the distance power plus added magnifying power called the add power. In eyeglasses, the near power is located in the lower half of bifocal lenses. In bifocal contact le
