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Calcium Dashboard – Details by Country

Brazil


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

Health Data

Preterm Births:

  • Lancet Estimates: Preterm Birth Rate per 100 Live Births: 11.1 [10.7-11.6] 1
  • GBD Estimates: DALYS per 100,000 [CI]: 466 [392, 545] 2

Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - Preclampsia & Eclampsia Incidence: 3

  • % of Preeclampsia Cases: 8.30%
  • % of Eclampsia Cases: NR
  • % of Combined Preeclampsia and Eclampsia: NR

Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - DALYS & Deaths: 4

  • DALYs per 100,000: 20.25 [17.26, 23.43]
  • Deaths per 100,000: 0.29 [0.25, 0.33]

Bone Fractures Incidence Rate per 100,000 [CI]: 2763.1 [2508.3, 3030.8] 5

Diet and Food Supply

Calcium Intake: 679.3mg/day (466.8) 6

Apparent Calcium Intake: 812.9 mg/day 7

Policies

Calcium Fortification:
No fortification policy

Antenatal Care Guidelines: 8

  • Supplementation Recommendation:
    1 g/day of calcium for pregnant women who have had preeclampsia in a previous pregnancy, especially the most severe clinical forms after 12 weeks of gestation
  • 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 - Preclampsia & Eclampsia Incidence
Sanchez M, Guida J, Simoes M, et al. (2022) Can pre-eclampsia explain higher cesarean rates in the different groups of Robson's classification? Int. J. Gynecol. Obstet. 152(3):339-344.

4 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).

5 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).

6 Calcium Intake
Miele MJO, Souza RT, Calderon IM, Feitosa FE, Leite DF, Rocha Filho EA, Vettorazzi J, Mayrink J, Vieira MC, Pacagnella RC, Cecatti JG; Preterm SAMBA study group. Profile of calories and nutrients intake in a Brazilian multicenter study of nulliparous women. Int J Gynaecol Obstet. 2022 Jan;156(1):34-41. doi: 10.1002/ijgo.13655. Epub 2021 Mar 24. PMID: 33621344; PMCID: PMC9292838.

7 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).

8 Antenatal Care Guidelines
Dirección Técnica de Fiscalización y Control de Servicios de Salud. Normas de diagnóstico y tratamiento de ginecología – obstetricia. Published online 2019. Accessed July 11, 2024. https://www.asuss.gob.bo/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/04-Normas-De-Diagnostico-y-Tratamiento-De-Ginecologia-Obstetricia.pdf