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Calcium Dashboard – Details by Country

Finland


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

Health Data

Preterm Births:

  • Lancet Estimates: Preterm Birth Rate per 100 Live Births: 5.6 [5.3-5.8] 1
  • GBD Estimates: DALYS per 100,000 [CI]: 103 [82, 125] 2

Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - DALYS & Deaths: 3

  • DALYs per 100,000: 2.28 [1.27, 3.75]
  • Deaths per 100,000: 0.01 [0.00, 0.01]

Bone Fractures Incidence Rate per 100,000 [CI]: 5577.3 [5030.5, 6152.9] 4

Diet and Food Supply

Apparent Calcium Intake: 1393 mg/day 5

Policies

Calcium Fortification:
No fortification policy

Antenatal Care Guidelines: 6

  • Supplementation Recommendation:
    0.5 - 1 g/day of calcium for 500mg/day for pregnant women who consume little dairy products or calcium fortified foods and 1000mg/day for pregnant women who consume no dairy products or calcium fortified foods
  • Food-Based Recommendation:
    900-1000 mg/day
    • Milk and dairy products
    • Calcium-fortified plant-based drinks (e.g., oat, soy, almond milk with added calcium)
    • Hard cheese and yogurt
    • Fish eaten with bones (e.g., canned sardines)
    • Green vegetables (like broccoli and kale, though less calcium is absorbed)

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 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).

6 Antenatal Care Guidelines
Terveyden ja hyvinvoinnin laitos. Syödään yhdessä-ruokasuositukset lapsiperheille. Published online 2019. Accessed September 3, 2024. http://urn.fi/URN:ISBN:978-952-343-254-3