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Calcium Dashboard – Details by Country

Madagascar


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

Health Data

Preterm Births:

  • GBD Estimates: DALYS per 100,000 [CI]: 1939 [1470, 2539] 1

Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - Preclampsia & Eclampsia Incidence: 2

  • % of Eclampsia Cases: NR
  • % of Combined Preeclampsia and Eclampsia: 3.35%

Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - DALYS & Deaths: 3

  • DALYs per 100,000: 222.89 [151.12, 307.90]
  • Deaths per 100,000: 3.49 [2.33, 4.89]

Bone Fractures Incidence Rate per 100,000 [CI]: 911.5 [822.2, 1006.6] 4

Diet and Food Supply

Apparent Calcium Intake: 206 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 - Preclampsia & Eclampsia Incidence
Ratsiatosika, A. T., Razafimanantsoa, E., Andriantoky, V. B., et al. (2019). Incidence and natural history of preeclampsia/eclampsia at the university maternity of Antananarivo, Madagascar: high prevalence of the early-onset condition. The Journal of Maternal-Fetal & Neonatal Medicine, 32(19), 3266-3271.

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).