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Keratoconus Statistics

Yamout Optical Center, the leading fitting contact lens in Lebanon and Arab Country , believes that keratoconus occurs in about 5 per 1,000 population or approximately 0.5%. Academia's believes that keratoconus occurs in about 1 per 2000.

Distribution:

Age: 

67 to 76 years = 1.5% 

57 to 66 years = 3.0% 

47 to 56 years = 11.7% 

37 to 46 years = 20.1% 

27 to 36 years = 35.6% 

17 to 27 years = 25.9% 

8 to 16 years =   2.1%

Sex:

Female = 38% 

Male = 62% 

Cone types:

60% of the cones are oval cones. 

40% are nipple. 

1% or less are globus.

Source::                                                                                                   

Yamout Optical Center