81%
The percentage of female contact lens wearers who have worn contact lenses for over two years, compared to 63 percent of male contact lens wearers.

12%
Of those who have had vision correction surgery, 12 percent said ‘financing terms’ prompted them to have vision correction surgery.

19%
Of those not using any form of vision correction, 19 percent ages 18-34 admit they need some form of vision correction.

11%
The percentage of those who use bifocal/multifocal lenses and earn an annual household income over 60K. ■

Source: VisionWatch; a study conducted by Jobson/The Vision Council
Total Annual VisionWatch Sample Size: 100,000 consumer respondents per year (ages 18+)
Data is for the 12ME (months ending) September 2008. Contact Lens data is for the 3ME September 2008.
Refractive Surgery data is for 6ME September 2008.