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Calcium Dashboard – Details by Country

Bangladesh


Country Typology: High disease risk, high intervention/policy environment

Health Data

Preterm Births:

  • Lancet Estimates: Preterm Birth Rate per 100 Live Births: 16.2 [11.8-21.7] 1
  • GBD Estimates: DALYS per 100,000 [CI]: 1150 [834, 1558] 2

Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - DALYS & Deaths: 3

  • DALYs per 100,000: 57.63 [38.07, 81.20]
  • Deaths per 100,000: 0.88 [0.58, 1.25]

Bone Fractures Incidence Rate per 100,000 [CI]: 1035.6 [922.3, 1174.5] 4

Diet and Food Supply

Calcium Intake: 357mg/day (340) 5

Apparent Calcium Intake: 788.5 mg/day 6

Policies

Calcium Fortification: 7
• Voluntary fortification of Wheat flour (53mg/kg)

Antenatal Care Guidelines:

  • Supplementation Recommendation:
    No recommendation
  • Food-Based Recommendation:
    No recommendation

References:

1 Preterm Births - Lancet Estimates
Ohuma EO, Moller A-B, Bradley E, et al. National, regional, and global. estimates of preterm birth in 2020, with trends from 2010: a systematic analysis. Lancet 2023; 402: 1261–71.

2 Preterm Births - GBD Estimates
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). GBD Compare Data Visualization. Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2021. Seattle, WA: IHME, University of Washington, 2023. Available from http://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare. (Accessed 7/23/2025). For terms and conditions of use, please visit http://www.healthdata.org/about/terms-and-conditions

3 Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - DALYS & Deaths
Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME). GBD Compare Data Visualization. Global Burden of Disease (GBD) Study 2021. Seattle, WA: IHME, University of Washington, 2023. Available from http://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-compare. (Accessed 9/16/2024).

4 Bone Fractures
Global Burden of Disease Collaborative Network. Global Burden of Disease Study 2021 (GBD 2021). Seattle, United States: Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), 2022. Available from https://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-results/. (Accessed 7/18/2025).

5 Calcium Intake
Nguyen, P. H.; Kim, S. S.; Sanghvi, T.; Mahmud, Z.; Tran, L. M.; Shabnam, S.; Aktar, B.; Haque, R.; Afsana, K.; Frongillo, E. A.; Ruel, M. T.; Menon, P. Integrating Nutrition Interventions into an Existing Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health Program Increased Maternal Dietary Diversity, Micronutrient Intake, and Exclusive Breastfeeding Practices in Bangladesh: Results of a Cluster-Randomized Program Eval. J Nutr 2017;147(12):2326-2337

6 Apparent Calcium Intake
Updated for 2022 based on: Lividini, K., Masters, W.A. Tracing global flows of bioactive compounds from farm to fork in nutrient balance sheets can help guide intervention towards healthier food supplies. Nat Food 3, 703–715 (2022).

7 Calcium Fortification
Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institution. Bangladesh Standard Specification for Fortified Wheat Atta, BDS 1793:2008. Bangladesh. 2008. From:Global Fortification Data Exchange. Accessed 11 October 2024. [http://www.fortificationdata.org.]