1. Optometrists conduct more than 70 percent of primary eye examinations.
   
   
2. A recent poll indicates two-thirds of surveyed employees would trade at least one vacation day for vision coverage, and most of them would trade two.
   
   
3. There are approximately 147 wearers of corrective lenses in the United States, representing about 55 percent of the population.
   
   
4. Currently, there are 5.3 million people with Diabetic retinopathy, 2.2 million with glaucoma, and another 2 million not diagnosed. Many times the eyes are the first indicator of diabetes.
   
   
5. Vision disorders are the fourth most common disability in the U.S.
   
   
6. More than 80 percent of contact lens wearers go to an optometrist for their eye care.
   
   
7. Eighty percent of learning depends on vision, and yet only 14 percent of children entering school have had a thorough eye examination.

* Statistics were obtained from the American Optometric Association Web site and publications from the AOA Eye Care Benefits Center

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