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Calcium Dashboard – Details by Country

Ireland


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

Health Data

Preterm Births:

  • Lancet Estimates: Preterm Birth Rate per 100 Live Births: 7.0 [6.6-7.4] 1
  • GBD Estimates: DALYS per 100,000 [CI]: 166 [138, 198] 2

Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - Preclampsia & Eclampsia Incidence: 3

  • % of Preeclampsia Cases: 4.80%
  • % of Eclampsia Cases: 0.03%
  • % of Combined Preeclampsia and Eclampsia: NR

Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - DALYS & Deaths: 4

  • DALYs per 100,000: 1.77 [1.14, 2.73]
  • Deaths per 100,000: 0.01 [0.01, 0.01]

Bone Fractures Incidence Rate per 100,000 [CI]: 3435.5 [3054.3, 3888.8] 5

Diet and Food Supply

Calcium Intake: 887.8mg/day (423.3) 6

Apparent Calcium Intake: 1726 mg/day 7

Policies

Calcium Fortification:
No fortification policy

Antenatal Care Guidelines:

  • Supplementation Recommendation:
    No recommendation
  • 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
Corrigan, L., O'Farrell, A., Moran, P., & Daly, D. (2021). Hypertension in pregnancy: Prevalence, risk factors and outcomes for women birthing in Ireland. Pregnancy hypertension, 24, 1-6.

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
Forde H, Crowley RK, McKenna MJ, Kilbane MT, Conway M, McDonnell CM, Twomey PJ, McAuliffe FM. No effect of calcium and vitamin D intake on maternal blood pressure in a healthy pregnant population. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2021 Sep;264:8-14.

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).