2022 E-Insights Report

Key Takeaways on Health Care

Public Health Status

The Tampa Bay MSA was generally a low-performing MSA in terms of public health status with a high cardiovascular disease prevalence rate and a high depression prevalence rate. In terms of health-related behavioral factors, the Tampa Bay MSA performed well in terms of physical activity but low in terms of alcohol consumption.

COVID-19 related Measures

The Tampa Bay MSA posted the highest COVID-19 incidence rate among the comparison MSAs in August 2021. The Tampa Bay MSA stands third in terms of vaccination rate among °®¶¹´«Ã½ MSAs.

Access to Health Care

The Tampa Bay MSA performed poorly in terms of both availability and affordability of health care. The Tampa Bay MSA has a high population-to-primary care provider and a high population-to-mental health provider ratio.

Government Spending on Health care

The Tampa Bay is among the top MSAs in terms of Medicare spending per capita.