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Calcium Dashboard – Details by Country

Trinidad and Tobago


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

Health Data

Preterm Births:

  • GBD Estimates: DALYS per 100,000 [CI]: 642 [520, 786] 1

Maternal Hypertensive Disorders - DALYS & Deaths: 2

  • DALYs per 100,000: 28.50 [21.03, 38.80]
  • Deaths per 100,000: 0.43 [0.30, 0.60]

Bone Fractures Incidence Rate per 100,000 [CI]: 1620.6 [1483.4, 1762.7] 3

Diet and Food Supply

Apparent Calcium Intake: 537.5 mg/day 4

Policies

Calcium Fortification: 5
• Mandatory fortification of Wheat flour (1265mg/kg)

Antenatal Care Guidelines: 6

  • Supplementation Recommendation:
    1.2 g/day of calcium for pregnant women at hight risk for preeclampsia and low calcium intake
  • 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 - 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 Calcium Fortification
Ministry of Legal Affairs. Food and Drugs Regulations. Trinidad and Tobago. 31/December/2009. [http://extwprlegs1.fao.org/docs/pdf/tri105963.pdf] From: Global Fortification Data Exchange. Accessed 11 October 2024. [http://www.fortificationdata.org.]

6 Antenatal Care Guidelines
Directorate of Women’s Health. Ministry of Health. Trinidad and Tobago. Hypertension in Pregnancy. Clinical Guideline. Published online 2018. Accessed September 11, 2024. https://www.health.gov.tt/sites/default/files/womenshealth/Hypertension%20in%20Pregnancy.pdf