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Calcium Dashboard – Details by Country

Ecuador


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

Health Data

Preterm Births:

  • Lancet Estimates: Preterm Birth Rate per 100 Live Births: 7.2 [3.7-13.3] 1
  • GBD Estimates: DALYS per 100,000 [CI]: 599 [488, 733] 2

Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - Preclampsia & Eclampsia Incidence: 3

  • % of Preeclampsia Cases: 5.90%
  • % of Eclampsia Cases: 0.29%
  • % of Combined Preeclampsia and Eclampsia: NR

Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - DALYS & Deaths: 4

  • DALYs per 100,000: 47.44 [35.73, 62.22]
  • Deaths per 100,000: 0.68 [0.49, 0.92]

Bone Fractures Incidence Rate per 100,000 [CI]: 2261.1 [2088.3, 2458.8] 5

Diet and Food Supply

Apparent Calcium Intake: 646.4 mg/day 6

Policies

Calcium Fortification:
No fortification policy

Antenatal Care Guidelines: 7

  • Supplementation Recommendation:
    1.5 g/day of calcium for pregnant women with risk factors for preeclampsia and low calcium intake 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
Tejera, E.; Sánchez, M.E.; Henríquez-Trujillo, A.R., et al. (2021) A population-based study of preeclampsia and eclampsia in Ecuador: ethnic, geographical and altitudes differences. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 21(1):10.

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 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 Antenatal Care Guidelines
Ministerio de Salud Pública. Guías de Práctica Clínica de Prevención y Tratamiento de Preeclampsia y Eclampsia. Published online 2017. Accessed July 8, 2024. https://repositorio.msp.gob.do/bitstream/handle/123456789/100/9789945591552.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y