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Calcium Dashboard – Details by Country

Turkey


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

Health Data

Preterm Births:

  • Lancet Estimates: Preterm Birth Rate per 100 Live Births: 11.0 [10.0-12.1] 1
  • GBD Estimates: DALYS per 100,000 [CI]: 445 [367, 536] 2

Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - Preclampsia & Eclampsia Incidence: 3

  • % of Eclampsia Cases: 0.30%
  • % of Combined Preeclampsia and Eclampsia: NR

Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - DALYS & Deaths: 4

  • DALYs per 100,000: 7.88 [5.30, 11.23]
  • Deaths per 100,000: 0.08 [0.05, 0.13]

Bone Fractures Incidence Rate per 100,000 [CI]: 1794.2 [1632.4, 1966.2] 5

Diet and Food Supply

Calcium Intake: 795.6mg/day (295.1) 6

Apparent Calcium Intake: 1288.8 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
Uludag, S. Z., Gokmen Karasu, A. F., Kutuk, M. S., & Takmaz, T. (2019). Incidence and outcomes of eclampsia: a single-center 30-year study. Hypertension in Pregnancy, 38(2), 119-123.2019;38(2):119-123. doi:10.1080/10641955.2019.1590719.

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
Aktaç Ş, İkiışık H, Sabuncular G, İçen H, Güneş FE. The effects of pregnancy-related changes in eating attitudes and behaviours on nutritional status. Fam Pract. 2024 Dec 2;41(6):985-994.

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).