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Calcium Dashboard – Details by Country

Latvia


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]: 91 [76, 108] 2

Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - DALYS & Deaths: 3

  • DALYs per 100,000: 3.43 [1.92, 6.02]
  • Deaths per 100,000: 0.00 [0.00, 0.01]

Bone Fractures Incidence Rate per 100,000 [CI]: 3835 [3523.4, 4124.3] 4

Diet and Food Supply

Apparent Calcium Intake: 1259.7 mg/day 5

Policies

Calcium Fortification:
No fortification policy

Antenatal Care Guidelines: 6

  • Supplementation Recommendation:
    No recommendation
  • Food-Based Recommendation:
    • Low-fat dairy products: Kefir (200g) → ~300 mg calcium; low-fat cottage cheese (200g) → ~380 mg calcium; hard cheese (35g) → ~324 mg calcium
    • Small fish eaten with bones: brētliņas (sprats), herring
    • Plant sources: almonds, legumes, broccoli, pumpkin seeds

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
Ministry of Health of Latvia. Veselīga uztura ieteikumi sievietēm grūtniecības laikā. Published online 2022. Accessed June 5, 2024. https://www.spkc.gov.lv/lv/media/16888/download?attachment