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Calcium Dashboard – Details by Country

Mexico


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

Health Data

Preterm Births:

  • Lancet Estimates: Preterm Birth Rate per 100 Live Births: 7.0 [6.0-8.2] 1
  • GBD Estimates: DALYS per 100,000 [CI]: 458 [383, 540] 2

Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - Preclampsia & Eclampsia Incidence: 3

  • % of Preeclampsia Cases: 5%
  • % of Eclampsia Cases: NR
  • % of Combined Preeclampsia and Eclampsia: NR

Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - DALYS & Deaths: 4

  • DALYs per 100,000: 19.45 [14.77, 24.62]
  • Deaths per 100,000: 0.22 [0.17, 0.28]

Bone Fractures Incidence Rate per 100,000 [CI]: 2527.8 [2264.7, 2778.9] 5

Diet and Food Supply

Calcium Intake: 1183mg/day (589) 6

Apparent Calcium Intake: 1093.5 mg/day 7

Policies

Calcium Fortification:
No fortification policy

Antenatal Care Guidelines: 8

  • Supplementation Recommendation:
    1.5 - 2 g/day of calcium for women at risk of low calcium intake
  • 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
Oviedo-Cruz, H., Carrasco-Blancas, E. R., Valenzuela-Muhech, Y. L., Cervantes-Ricaud, A. J., & Cortes-Martínez, M. A. (2021). Validation of the Fetal Medicine Foundation calculator for pre-eclampsia screening test adapted to a Mexican population. Ginecología y obstetricia de México, 89(10), 779-789.

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
Castiblanco-Rubio GA, Muñoz-Rocha TV, Téllez-Rojo MM, Ettinger AS, Mercado-García A, Peterson KE, Hu H, Cantoral A, Martínez-Mier EA. Dietary Influences on Urinary Fluoride over the Course of Pregnancy and at One-Year Postpartum. Biol Trace Elem Res. 2022 Apr;200(4):1568-1579.

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).

8 Antenatal Care Guidelines
Ministry of Health Republic of Maldives. National Guideline on Antenatal and Postnatal Care in the Maldives. Published online 2022. Accessed April 13, 2024. https://health.gov.mv/storage/uploads/QEoAk1Y9/2idslx56.pdf