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Calcium Dashboard – Details by Country

Egypt


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

Health Data

Preterm Births:

  • GBD Estimates: DALYS per 100,000 [CI]: 657 [530, 799] 1

Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - DALYS & Deaths: 2

  • DALYs per 100,000: 26.64 [18.37, 36.76]
  • Deaths per 100,000: 0.36 [0.23, 0.51]

Bone Fractures Incidence Rate per 100,000 [CI]: 1841.9 [1685.8, 1996.4] 3

Diet and Food Supply

Calcium Intake: 879.1mg/day (504.9) 4

Apparent Calcium Intake: 448.1 mg/day 5

Policies

Calcium Fortification:
No fortification policy

Antenatal Care Guidelines:

  • Supplementation Recommendation:
    No recommendation
  • 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 Calcium Intake
Darwish AM, Mohamad SN, Gamal Al‐Din HR, Elsayed YA, Ahmad SI. Prevalence and predictors of deficient dietary calcium intake during the third trimester of pregnancy: the experience of a developing country. J Obstet Gynaecol Res 2009;35:106–12.

5 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).