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Calcium Dashboard – Details by Country

Sweden


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

Health Data

Preterm Births:

  • Lancet Estimates: Preterm Birth Rate per 100 Live Births: 5.4 [5.2-5.7] 1
  • GBD Estimates: DALYS per 100,000 [CI]: 161 [125, 199] 2

Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - Preclampsia & Eclampsia Incidence: 3

  • % of Eclampsia Cases: NR
  • % of Combined Preeclampsia and Eclampsia: 3.87%

Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - DALYS & Deaths: 4

  • DALYs per 100,000: 1.78 [1.27, 2.54]
  • Deaths per 100,000: 0.01 [0.01, 0.02]

Bone Fractures Incidence Rate per 100,000 [CI]: 4060.7 [3583.9, 4663.5] 5

Diet and Food Supply

Calcium Intake: 1045mg/day (1085.2) 6

Apparent Calcium Intake: 1238.4 mg/day 7

Policies

Calcium Fortification:
No fortification policy

Antenatal Care Guidelines:

  • Supplementation Recommendation:
    No recommendation
  • 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
Wändell, P., Crump, C., Li, X., et al. (2024). Hypertension in pregnancy among immigrant and Swedish women: a cohort study of all pregnant women in Sweden. Journal of the American Heart Association, 13(5), e031125.

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
Saunders CM, Rehbinder EM, Carlsen KCL, Gudbrandsgard M, Carlsen KH, Haugen G, Hedlin G, Jonassen CM, Sjøborg KD, Landrø L, Nordlund B, Rudi K, O Skjerven H, Söderhäll C, Staff AC, Vettukattil R, Carlsen MH. Food and nutrient intake and adherence to dietary recommendations during pregnancy: a Nordic mother-child population-based cohort. Food Nutr Res. 2019 Dec 20;63.

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).