Quick Answer. While the incidence rate of herpes zoster, commonly known as shingles, is 1 million cases annually in the United States, shingles is the underlying cause of death for only 96 Americans annually, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Almost all deaths occurred in elderly or immunosuppressed people.
The Greater Tampa Bay Area is the region of west central Florida adjacent to Tampa Bay. It is often considered equivalent to the Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater Metropolitan Statistical Area defined by the United States Census Bureau.
tampa bay in top 20 of metro population ranking tampa st petersburg clearwater is one of the top 20 largest metropolitan areas in the u s according to national estimates released friday that area s population is 2823938 putting it at no 19 among 942 u s metropolitan and micropolitan areas as of july 1 2011 north port bradenton sarasota is no 73 with 712375 and lakeland winter haven sits at no 87 with 614763