Is there a way to retrieve contacts accidentally deleted?

Several times recently I have entered a lot of info in the 'notes'
section of a contact, inadvertently swiped my finger (in that
section) and brought up the red delete option. In trying desperately to
NOT delete the info, I somehow must hit Delete and all my info is lost.
Ok, I am uncoordinated or something. But, is there no way to retrieve that info
once it's been deleted, accidentally or intentionally? I prefer always to be
prompted with the "are you sure you want to delete this" option.
Similarly, if not paying close attention and you delete a contact (my
fingers don't seem to be listening all that well to my brain), again there
seems to be no way to undo it or be prompted with a helpful 'are you sure'
message.
Is there any way for me to retrieve my information???
I am seriously frustrated. Naturally with myself, but also with Apple. I
don't understand why there isn't an undo option or something. Given that for
most of us our contacts are a very important deal, and so many of us do things almost
on autopilot these days, there needs to be a means for not permanently losing
our contacts, or our notes about them, due to momentary lack of attention or
coordination or whatever!
I'm hopeful that
there is a way that I am just not aware of ? Please let me know if you have a
solution and thank you very much in advance!

Thank you again for your helpful response. I actually have 6.0, but have been afraid to update beyond that as I've heard from so many that it is problematic. I know I should upgrade my phone, I just cant make that happen right now.
Backing up at the end of the day would not solve the problem for me though, because the info would have already been deleted. What happens, infrequently, is that I enter all the info in the notes of a contact, and then end up accidentally deleting all of it b/c I accidentally swiped my finger and made the delete option appear. In trying to not delete, I somehow end up deleting the stuff I only just entered, if not paying close attention. So, before I've even had the chance to back the info up, it's been deleted
Anyway thanks for your feedback and suggestions.

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