7 Reasons Why We Invented OcuVue™

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Vision Heath Initiative (VHI)

https://www.cdc.gov/visionhealth/basics/index.html

1. 93 million adults in the United States are estimated to be at high risk for serious vision loss, but only half visited an eye doctor in the past 12 months.

2. $145+ billion is the annual economic impact of major vision problems among the adult population 40 years and older.

3. Early detection and timely treatment of eye conditions such as diabetic retinopathy has been found to be efficacious and cost effective.

4. 90% of blindness caused by diabetes is preventable.

5. Vision loss causes a substantial social and economic toll for millions of people including significant suffering, disability, loss of productivity, and diminished quality of life.

6. More than 50% of adult Americans who did not seek eye care are due to lack of awareness or cost.

7. 70% of survey respondents from National Eye Health Education Program (NEHEP) 2005 Public Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices survey consider that the loss of their eyesight would have the greatest impact on their day-to-day life.