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Calcium Dashboard – Details by Country

Bhutan


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

Health Data

Preterm Births:

  • GBD Estimates: DALYS per 100,000 [CI]: 1170 [841, 1545] 1

Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - DALYS & Deaths: 2

  • DALYs per 100,000: 57.39 [30.29, 96.64]
  • Deaths per 100,000: 0.87 [0.45, 1.51]

Bone Fractures Incidence Rate per 100,000 [CI]: 1757.7 [1610.5, 1909.8] 3

Diet and Food Supply

Apparent Calcium Intake: 764.3 mg/day 4

Policies

Calcium Fortification:
No fortification policy

Antenatal Care Guidelines: 5

  • Supplementation Recommendation:
    1.5 g/day of calcium for all pregnant women after 12 weeks of gestation
  • Food-Based Recommendation:
    No recommendation

References:

1 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

2 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).

3 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).

4 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).

5 Antenatal Care Guidelines
Department of Public Health of Buthan. National Policy for Midwifery Trained Personnel for Safe Motherhood Practice. Published online 2018. Accessed August 7, 2023. https://www.moh.gov.bt/wp-content/uploads/afd-files/2014/11/Final-Version-Midwifery-standard_2018.pdf