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Calcium Dashboard – Details by Country

Myanmar


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

Health Data

Preterm Births:

  • GBD Estimates: DALYS per 100,000 [CI]: 966 [731, 1242] 1

Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - DALYS & Deaths: 2

  • DALYs per 100,000: 71.53 [48.64, 99.05]
  • Deaths per 100,000: 1.13 [0.76, 1.60]

Bone Fractures Incidence Rate per 100,000 [CI]: 2113.2 [1911.1, 2354.8] 3

Diet and Food Supply

Apparent Calcium Intake: 438.4 mg/day 4

Policies

Calcium Fortification:
No fortification policy

Antenatal Care Guidelines: 5

  • Supplementation Recommendation:
    No recommendation
  • Food-Based Recommendation:
    • Milk and dairy products
    • Green leafy vegetables
    • Small fish with bones

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 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).

5 Antenatal Care Guidelines
The Republic of The Union of Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports. National Guidelines for Antenatal Care. For Service Providers. Published online 2018. Accessed April 17, 2024. http://mohs.gov.mm/ckfinder/connector?command=Proxy&lang=en&type=Main¤tFolder=%2FPublications%2FMCH%2F&hash=a6a1c319429b7abc0a8e21dc137ab33930842cf5&fileName=National%20Guidelines%20for%20ANC.pdf