- More than 600,000 eye injuries related to sports and recreation occur each year…42,000 of these injuries are of a severity that requires Emergency Room attention.
- It is estimated that approximately 13,500 legally blinding sports eye injuries occur each year.
- One-in-eighteen college athletes will sustain an eye injury each season. The odds increase to one-in-ten for basketball players.
- According to the 2002 National Health Interview Survey, 84.6% of children do not utilize protective eyewear in situations that represent a risk of eye injury.
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Table source: Prevent Blindness America. Based on statistics provided by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety
Commission, Directorate for Epidemiology; National Injury Information Clearinghouse; National Electronic Injury
Surveillance System (NEISS). Product Summary Report--Eye Injuries Only--Calendar Year 2002. This publication is
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