71%
The percent of contact lens wearers who purchased their contact lenses from the doctor who originally wrote their prescription.
20%
The percent of AR lens pairs sold that are bifocal/trifocal lenses.
8%
The percent of respondents that purchased a pair of frames for a spouse. The majority of respondents, 91%, purchased frames for themselves.
61%
Of those that have already scheduled, will definitely have, will probably have or may have vision correction surgery, 61% said the cost of the surgery is the most important consideration.
Source: VisionWatch, a study conducted by Jobson/VCA
Total Annual VisionWatch Sample Size: 100,000 consumer respondents per year (U.S. Adults 18+)
* All data is for the 12ME (months ending) June 2007. Refractive surgery data is for the 6ME June 2007. Contact Lens data is for the 3ME June 2007.