"More than 1 million Americans 40 and over are blind from eye disease. An additional 2.3 million Americans are visually impaired."
- National Eye Institute & Prevent Blindness America, 03/02
"Macular degeneration affects about 13 million Americans, with 200,000 cases of the more serious wet form diagnosed each year. Yet more than two-thirds of Americans are unfamiliar with macular degeneration."
- Novartis Ophthalmics, 2002
"In 2002, Americans are expected to spend a total of $16 billion dollars on optical products."
- Jobson Optical Research, 2002
"More than 10 million children (or one in four) in the United States were expected to begin the 2002-2003 school year with an undetected vision problem."
- Vision Council of America, July 2002
"Research indicates that 70% of the 2 million school-age children who have difficulty in reading have some form of visual impairment, such as ocular motor, perceptual or binocular dysfunction."
- Vision Council of America, July 2002