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Calcium Dashboard – Details by Country

Saudi Arabia


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

Health Data

Preterm Births:

  • GBD Estimates: DALYS per 100,000 [CI]: 226 [179, 275] 1

Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - Preclampsia & Eclampsia Incidence: 2

  • % of Preeclampsia Cases: 1.30%
  • % of Eclampsia Cases: 0.18%
  • % of Combined Preeclampsia and Eclampsia: NR

Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - DALYS & Deaths: 3

  • DALYs per 100,000: 12.26 [7.97, 18.45]
  • Deaths per 100,000: 0.14 [0.09, 0.23]

Bone Fractures Incidence Rate per 100,000 [CI]: 5722.3 [5178.4, 6241.9] 4

Diet and Food Supply

Calcium Intake: 802.1mg/day (349.6) 5

Apparent Calcium Intake: 634.3 mg/day 6

Policies

Calcium Fortification: 7
• Voluntary fortification of Wheat flour (2115mg/kg)

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
Subki, A. H., Algethami, M. R., Baabdullah, W. M., et al. (2018). Prevalence, risk factors, and fetal and maternal outcomes of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: a retrospective study in Western Saudi Arabia. Oman medical journal, 33(5), 409.

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 Calcium Intake
Almurshed KS, Bani IA, Al‐Kanhal MA, Al‐Amri MA. A study of maternal dietary intake during pregnancy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. J Family Community Med 2007;14:9–13.

6 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).

7 Calcium Fortification
GCC Standardization Organization (GSO). GSO 194/2015 (E), wheat flour, ICS : 67.060. Saudi Arabia. 5/November/2015. From: Global Fortification Data Exchange. Accessed 11 October 2024. [http://www.fortificationdata.org.]